To take A Picture of Someone in a Parade or Not? A Prompt for This Deep Dive from a Northwest Corner Chatter topic Dec.23rd,2019
This is a helpful discussion that I'll put on livfully.org...Maybe more people with concerns could wear eye masks and then let their friends know who they are later (or before for family etc.) Likely more of a disclaimer needs to be made to all before joining the parade...Maybe they can help in other ways, don costumes that hide them and so forth.
I'll mention on my blog livfully.org and I have hashed these kinds of things out for many years, long before the internet...about holidays in public schools and so on. There could be detailed lists for 'how to transition and communicate' to people who may need to review traditions and really a checklist to see where they are (and what might come up.)
One town in celebrating people would post their birthdays publicly, and maybe they still do but likely not so much since there are identity theft issues. It used to be that people had their social security numbers printed in full on every check...I saw that as a problem and don't know if I spoke up about it or asked if it was required.
Maybe people used to have to give their SS# out to validate things more...but now it's the last 4 digits etc. In terms of one's energy being affected by photographs, see Scalar Energy and a fellow online Tom Palladino I believe. He asserts that people's image is like a phone number, unique to them..also that healing (and who knows maybe not so healing) vibes can be sent to them.
So likely there really does need to be more discussion about these things, even in the days of the internet. Overall, more intentions for safety and respect can be set and followed in practical ways. I did hear that iPhones have ways of tracking all photos and then sending info related to them in ads or thereabouts..so really whatever images someone is taking should be considered in the light of 'if this went public'... or even if not intending to share.
For years, anyone taking pictures of their children in any questionable setting (harm, danger, in the tub playing as a babe or young child even) could be pegged for follow up by the photo print people or now online or if someone reports seeing such a photo. Sometimes online shares border on the concerning so again, consider posts from many angles about which agency or people may see something and feel they need to say something.
Okay that's enough for now but I will add many people can allege things or create rumors of things that didn't happen so really 'the sky's the limit' for what is said or even put in print in the newspaper that can get people going in the wrong direction and basically accusing innocent people of crimes.
That in turn can create new waves of tension and hostility if not more 'bad press.' There are no groups or non-profits stepping forward to clarify errors in the press or even in the courts (or wrongdoing) generally.
However, the CA Protective Parents Association has shared recently online that a major study found that one out of three court personnel fall short or blatantly disregard proper responses to victims of domestic abuse and particularly so on custody cases.
That leaves women and children vulnerable to more harm then and sometimes even lethal results of not being protected. So that will be turning public awareness into advocacy when people comprehend the implications.
I'll put this on the blog but maybe Part of Why things like a woman screaming a message for privacy is to wake US All up to a much larger concern. The reporters who are curious and asserting their rights (even after hearing such a demand not a request) make the situation all the more interesting and even pressing.
What IF that child or parent had been singled out later for the connection made, which is much more likely if there is name given and clear photo. Some people are in witness protection programs and of course there are many other reasons people may have.
I thought a paper needed permission to put a person's name in the paper, particularly a youth, so maybe that can be clarified. But in a public arena not so much in terms of sharing a photo of person, young or old.
Taking pictures of someone on the beach (or in other public circumstances without their permission) has been deemed illegal in some places...I'm sure we'll all want to figure out more of that before long. Thanks for getting the conversation rolling...
