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Originally Posted by Yakk
When you expect to know everyone and someone new shows up, inquiring about them is pretty justified.
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Obviously we live in very different areas. People I don't know walking around is not odd to me. I suppose if you live in a well-guarded, homogenous subruban happy land then this may be appropriate action. I don't live in such an area, and if this is how you folk behave, constantly getting involved in each other's business, then I have no desire to live there. Let's just respect that we can live in different places.
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Originally Posted by Yakk
He would have preferred to talk to the person.
This does not mean that the response to every 'inlking of danger' would be to call the police.
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Right, but his response to every inkling of danger is to get involved. I follow a higher standard. I respect people's privacy enough not to get involved unless I have some reasonable evidence to believe someone is engaged in dangerous activity. Anything else is not my business.
I suppose I'm following the "golden rule" of involvement here. I would prefer it if people left me alone in such situations and respect my privacy. In return, I do the same. Clearly you have less respect for the privacy of others. As long as you are willing to accept similar restrictions on your own privacy then you are not being hypocritical and I suppose there's nothing else to say.
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Originally Posted by Yakk
Civilization relies on people getting involved with each other's lives. Because there are negative and positive externalities to every move you make, your acts are not just your own business.
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Only to a very limited extent. I think it's more accurate to say that control relies on getting involved with each other's lives. So long as my possible harmful actions are controlled (murder, rape, assault, etc) then nothing else concerns other people. Anyone who claims it does is just a busybody.