Writer's Block: The Right to Privacy

[elionwyr]

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Um. Yes.

Animals in cages need a place - a hidebox, a cave, something - to retreat to so they're not on display all the time.

Us monkeys aren't any different.

I don't think anyone thinks, "Hey, I want to be famous emough that I can't go to the bathroom without being followed/photographed/talked to by fans!"

Common sense shouldn't be such a rare commodity.

And - ya know - Don't Be A Dick.

Comments

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Amen to that, all counts. Jesus, why are they even asking the question?

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Because the writer's block questions are nearly always insane?

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Now I want to out-insane the Writer's Block questions. Um, "If you could make a sculpture of yourself out of your discarded hair and skin flakes, would you?"

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Ehh. Been done.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Two responses: 1) Phew. I don't have to. 2) I can't be crazier than the world, can I?

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

What the fuckity fuck?!?!?!

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

This.

Neil Gaiman's good at pointing out the Don't Be a Dick, um, dictum. He's naturally non-dickish, and when he was a journalist he saw dicks and non-dicks, and decided to a) be a non-dick and b) encourage others to be non-dicks. And he can do this without sounding defensive, which often happens when people defend their need for privacy because it's so maddening. And that defensiveness leads to people being less likely to give privacy, and and and...

Humans make humans neurotic. We need to get the humans away from the humans.

(Man, we're a weird race.)