Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Issue of Voyeurism

Much joy have been brought into our boring mundane life every since the release of a series of reality television show. From magnificent singing and dancing in "American Idol" to "So you think you can dance" to experiencing the dog-eat-dog world in "The Apprentice" and "Survivor" to the recent entertaining and bitchy ones like "America Next top model" and "I survived a japanese gameshow".

However, this has made many think that looking into people's lives and probing into their matters is something ordinary. This morning, I read the newspaper, at the stomp.sg section. I felt quite disturbed as blog entries of a 10-year old was captured and submitted by someone who just happen to read it. The entry was regarding the kid having to deal with stressful school work and still cope with some housework that the mum fail to do. Another piece of article is a blog entry by a NS-man about his complaint about things he encountered during NS. But isn't blog supposed to be something personal (i mean for friends and family who you know) and not something to be shown to the rest of the world. If that is the case, I am pretty sure that I can come up with a blog newspaper everyday showing interesting entries by various bloggers.

Now, many people own cameras and are able to take photos anytime and anywhere. Hence, anyone can be a paparazzi, and whatever we do can be captured and magnified without us knowing it. So, where's the privacy?

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