tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post7258693690909261310..comments2023-05-06T21:30:54.925+09:00Comments on Why'd we come... all this way?: Digital VigilanceWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-49888935532643924752012-04-03T20:52:01.486+09:002012-04-03T20:52:01.486+09:00What concerns me is how 'no big deal' most...What concerns me is how 'no big deal' most people are about it. The guy didn't ask and the mom was somewhere else. <br /><br />At least asking permission is a good idea. People aren't props.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-61662254054557739452012-04-03T17:21:34.298+09:002012-04-03T17:21:34.298+09:00It's creepy. I am really conscious of not tak...It's creepy. I am really conscious of not taking photos of kids without the parent's permission (eg. when they all done up in their kimonos or soemthing) because I think it's wrong. Plus if the kid is all dressed up and looking cute, the parents are usually flattered when you ask.<br /><br />At our local swimming pool in Aus, they have a 'no cameras without permission' rule. My friends were complaining that they had to get permission to take pics of their own kids but I see the sense in it. At least there is some control.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699328937978331608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-54282661716984727552012-04-03T09:45:18.129+09:002012-04-03T09:45:18.129+09:00I once found myself in a situation that was purely...I once found myself in a situation that was purely circumstantial. Had I not heard the story of a young man who put up no resistance while enduring a beating for trying to save someone's life, things could have turned out very different. So, yeah, fortunately most people do apparently understand those primal/parental instincts.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-5774601584279657202012-04-03T09:35:52.353+09:002012-04-03T09:35:52.353+09:00Your wife never noticing when it was just the two ...Your wife never noticing when it was just the two of you... how romantic.<br /><br />Getting stared at and even called names is no big deal, usually. Wifey has been asked 'politely' where she's from on several occasions, which is pretty funny considering the fact that she's more or less indigenous here. She's been mistaken for local in Bali, Korea, as well as several countries in South America... but this isn't really about her or me. <br /><br />While older folks really do benefit from being around youth, there's something that just didn't seem right. I'm willing to accept that I might have been a little hyper-sensitive. And I'm more than willing to be wrong on being perceived as over-protective about something like this.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-90628227133692187072012-04-03T08:29:45.749+09:002012-04-03T08:29:45.749+09:00You didn't go overboard and you acted instinct...You didn't go overboard and you acted instinctively as a parent would... <br /><br />I've never been a parent, but I imagine when it comes to being protective, some primal instincts are involved and most people understand that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422399840077165986.post-8799856004531479062012-04-02T20:44:11.483+09:002012-04-02T20:44:11.483+09:00My wife never noticed the people staring at us whe...My wife never noticed the people staring at us when it was just the two of us. Now we are three she picks it up even more than I do.<br /><br />It's easy to see behaviour as normal until it's pointed out that it's not. Trouble is, more-often-than-not my concern is brushed off (by others, my wife has learned the hard way) as 'not understanding Japan' or similar.<br /><br />I many ways I don't, but I do understand that. Obviously better than you do, madam.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.com