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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I know this may be hard for some people to grasp, but the fact that I'm arguing against the notion that people are entitled to privacy in public does not mean that I'm someone who boorishly persists in pursuing clearly unwanted attention. It doesn't even mean I'm someone who will instigate conversation with strangers in public on a regular basis. It also doesn't mean that there aren't times I myself want to be left alone in public. Look, I'm not blind to the fact that my mere presence in close proximity to someone may cause them distress. Mainly because I'm not an insensitive idiot. It just means that I don't believe people are "entitled" to any public privacy. And it means that I choose to not automatically see people who are quick to strike up random conversations with strangers in public (even if they're--heaven forbid!--reading a book (gasp)) as churlish and/or dangerous morons.
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Again...people asking a question while I'm reading is fine. I answer, and go back to reading. It's when they ignore the fact that I went back to reading and just keep talking to me that it starts to get annoying and stressful.
I know that I don't have any inherent right to not be stressed out, and I know that there is no law against a person being an ass and continuing to talk to someone who is trying to do something else, but it absolutely does mean that the ass is being an ass.
Shari