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Re:Why Do We Judge Parents for Putting Kids at Perceived But... by jff on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @04:03PM (#12347044)
> One thinks of Homeowner Associations and the way they place fines and pseudo-legal orders on people, a concept which is utterly anathema to the english. The two cultures have very different ideas of privacy.

Yes, the English idea of privacy is that you, the commoner, should leave well enough alone while the State surveils you.

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Re:Why Do We Judge Parents for Putting Kids at Perceived But... by JonnieCache on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @04:13PM (#12347149)
That kind of privacy problem is more to do with our woeful subservience than preferences for interpersonal autonomy, although the two are linked. "Leave well enough alone" does sum it up nicely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politeness_theory#Negative_pol...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbu-eMcEF3s

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