- Joined
- Mar 11, 2006
- Messages
- 96,116
- Reaction score
- 33,462
- Location
- SE Virginia
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Conservative
Liberty-haters wish to force private property owners to surrender their rights.
Shame on the business owner for being a technophobic luddite. No one appears to have complained. This is just an example of someone being unprepared to adapt to the realities of new technology. People like him will crop up, but as people of my generation continue to fan out into wider society they will disappear.
Your opinion noted. Sometimes toys need to be left at home.
Shirt and shoes are typically demanded because of standards of decency and decor for an establishment as well as hygiene. This is simple fear of technology. We aren't entitled, no one has said he should be forced to let people wearing Glass to his restaurant. What we are saying is that it is foolish. Like I said before this sentiment will erode as our generation and the ones that will come after us take to the fore.
Liberty-haters wish to force private property owners to surrender their rights.
Seattle Restaurant Ejects Customer Wearing Google Glass « CBS Seattle
Good on the business owner for protecting his customers.
Is your cellphone a toy? Maybe to you. Not to most of us and we'd be more than miffed if a restaurant told us to leave it at home. This is obviously a generational gap.
Shirt and shoes are typically demanded because of standards of decency and decor for an establishment as well as hygiene. This is simple fear of technology. We aren't entitled, no one has said he should be forced to let people wearing Glass to his restaurant. What we are saying is that it is foolish. Like I said before this sentiment will erode as our generation and the ones that will come after us take to the fore.
As liberty-ignorant generations come of age, we'll surrender our right to privacy to the govt and businesses.
Really I like the idea that private businesses can do as they will.....
HOWEVER, personally I don't see the point, .... that is, if someone is seated
at a table using their electronic toy, whatever that toy may be, as long as said
toy doesn't disturb anyone else, & isn't illegal or something like public display of porn
( or? ) live & let live .... whatever, what is the harm in having somebody using "googleglass"
at a restaurant?
Your concept of privacy is already dead. Except for some of the older members of my generation we've never known much about it. We accept that FB or Google uses algorithms to monitor our search metadata, we accept that Amazon tracks our purchases, we accept that map applications record routes for data accumulation. Broadly speaking (there are always exceptions) it doesn't really cause that much of a bother. We'll get along just fine.
Don't be so sure. Not all people are so egocentric, even if many in your generation are. Fortunately, as people grow up, they grow out of their egocentricity or they become immune to rejection.
"That" generation invented what your generation takes for granted. Your condescension is duly noted.
We all accept it, but you accept it with open arms.
Egocentric? Good grief. It isn't egocentric to acknowledge the fact that this is nothing more than a palpable fear of new technology and an inability to adjust to a new world with regards to privacy.
Google needs to put a light on it, so people know when it's on.Wearing google glass is the equivalent of camera that is always on. A cell phone might have a camera, but it becomes physically obvious when someone is using it. If someone sat in a restaurant videoing other customers with a camera, they'd probably be asked to leave as well.
Technology shouldn't be feared, but it should be used with respect for others. People have a reasonable right to sit down and have dinner in a privater restaurant without being recorded by random strangers without cause.
Seattle Restaurant Ejects Customer Wearing Google Glass « CBS Seattle
Good on the business owner for protecting his customers.
Nonsense - it's about decorum in public and respect for others. Perhaps you'd like to explain what is so pressing and urgent as it relates to eating a meal that requires a person to be actively streaming it and storing it. People are technically capable of doing all kinds of things while they eat - doesn't mean they are acceptible behaviour in a restaurant.
Wearing google glass is the equivalent of camera that is always on. A cell phone might have a camera, but it becomes physically obvious when someone is using it. If someone sat in a restaurant videoing other customers with a camera, they'd probably be asked to leave as well.
Technology shouldn't be feared, but it should be used with respect for others. People have a reasonable right to sit down and have dinner in a privater restaurant without being recorded by random strangers without cause.
I presume you think it would be laudable and appropriate for restaurant owners to begin banning smartphones in restaurants?
Seattle Restaurant Ejects Customer Wearing Google Glass « CBS Seattle
Good on the business owner for protecting his customers.
I presume you think it would be laudable and appropriate for restaurant owners to begin banning smartphones in restaurants? I suspect not. The reason is that you, like most others, have become acculturated to it and tolerate (even if you don't like it) that people will browse the internet, take photos, and text while doing just about anything. This is the exact same thing. Give it time and it will be allowed everywhere. It is inevitable. Attempting to project your notion of manners and decorum will fail in the face of technological and cultural inertia.
I think they're within their rights, but when you think about it they didn't protect anyone from anything. If you have a cell phone, tablet or laptop, you either do have, or potentially have all the same technology right there. So unless they're banning all cell phones and tablets, it's really a useless gesture.
And I'll hopefully be dead and long gone before the world is overrun with people browsing, taking photos, texting and doing just about anything anywhere they want at any time. Why limit it to tech toys? Why not satisfy your sexual needs in public too?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?