Do you know this guy? Apparently, he's from Toronto and this is him in front of Union Station. How do I know this? Because Tapthatguy.com told me so. Through the networking of twitter (follow me @jaystewart82), I was introduced to this site and I'm a tad uncomfortable with it.Essentially, you take pics of guys who are unaware that you are taking it and then post it up on this site with the location of where it was taken. CREEPY!!!! Don't you think? All you want to do is hang out in a public space and not worry about such things happening.
But it brings up the notion that there really are no more private spaces. I was reading an article for school that spoke about the hundreds of millions of government dollars that has been given out for surveillance equipment post 9/11. The idea being that these cameras will see all and it'll prevent any sort of naughtiness. Mmmhmm.....right! Or it just allows security to watch us pick our noses, kiss loved one's, and generally lead boring mundane lives.
Pop stars (i.e. Beyonce) fall on stage, it's captured by all. Smoking a joint at a party (i.e. Michael Phelps), the whole word knows about it. Get into a little bare backing action (i.e. Dustin Lance Black) and Perez will blog it. When does it stop?
What'd you think? Should sites like Tapthatguy.com be allow to exist? Would you be upset if you found yourself on there? Does privacy exist at all?
3 comments:
What's the big deal? Just more reason to make sure you're presentable when going out in public.
If you think it's creepy, don't you think it's kind of ironic that you would post one of those anonymous pictures on your blog?
1) Ha...well I'll never look good in public, so no worries about that.
2) Since it's from Toronto, I'm curious if somebody does actually know him and it'll start a dialogue.
But I'm well aware of the hypocrisy of the blog vs. posting the pic.
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