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To: epicure who wrote (7179)12/17/2005 12:35:32 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541299
 
being watched changes you

Indeed. But only when they would be embarrassed by what they're doing. They're still free to do it, they just risk embarrassment. Somehow I have trouble finding freedom from embarrassment in that constitutional penumbra.

A watched person is on an invisible leash

I recall we once had a discussion about the difference between invisible and imaginary... <g>



To: epicure who wrote (7179)12/17/2005 1:06:01 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541299
 
They probably PICK their noses less

I meant to mention that anti-smoking ad on TV. Have you seen it? It's terrific, if rather gross. A bunch of people congregate on the steps of a building to pick noses just as they do for a smoke. It really gets the point across.


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