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Old 30-May-2007, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Fazor View Post
... How much privacy was there historically? Before cars and roads and telephones, when everyone lived in close, generally multigenerational family environments? Everyone knew everyone's business. Privacy is a rather modern invention...
Hmm that got me thinking.
I think you're right, but the problem is, the damage that could be done now is extensive. In the old days, when somebody said "I am Joe", everybody new darn well it wasn't Joe.
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