a question of an individual preference for various degrees of privacy?

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every individual has various preferences for how private they are about their lives.  

the question is, does that preference have any correlation to and individual's past actions and how they perceive those actions?  i.e. is one who is embarrassed or troubled about his past more likely to be a staunch advocate of privacy than one who is not?  and for that matter, can one generalize and assume if someone is extremely private, then the reason for that privacy is to hide details about his life that he is not proud of.  

while that is seemingly a controversial question.  how about if it is asked in a different way.  are people who are very loose about their privacy that way because they have lived their lives in a manner that they are proud of and can honestly say that they have nothing to hide?  if this correlation exists, does it prove that the converse is true?  that those who are private are so because they do have something to hide?

Ali · Accepted Answer

Well,thats a relative phenomena,see,a person who has more then one wife in west has a lot to hide,and the man who was a drunkard in the past has a lot to hide in a muslim society..
Or,different people have different standards of thins to hide,a bad childhood or a wild youth or something like that can be something to laugh about for one man and something to hide for second man..so i guess there i sno yes or no answer..

? · Answer

I am a relatively private person.  I think I am that way due to the fact that I live in small town U.S.A. and everyone gossips about everyone and I do not want to be the topic of conversation.
I also think that when people know too much about you that they want to keep up with you (I've had it happen many times when I buy something and someone sees it they go buy the same thing), causes jealousy (some people have a hard time being happy for others for the good things that happen in their life) - I guess it all comes down to pettiness.  I am not that way but I have met more than a few that are.  It seems like people do not want to build each other up but drag them down.
I think that it is nobody's business how much money I make or have.  Then they are jealous or want to borrow a few bucks.
I am not this way with my close friends and family.  I am talking about those nosy people who are "innocently" asking questions that they then turn around, twist and make something that you didn't even say come out of your mouth just to give them something to gossip about and cause problems in your life.
In a forum like this, no one knows who I am and I like my anonimity.  I do speak freely.  
And in real life where I do value my privacy it is not because I have done anything I am ashamed of or that I am a bad person or a criminal or anything like that.  I have never really been in trouble for anything.  I have just seen human nature at its worst too many times and do not want the drama in my life.

Trent · Answer

It is a Question of NECESSITY. Sometimes it's imperative to 'Invade a Person's PRIVACY' to protect their Life or their Property.
By the same token, sometimes it's necessary to 'Invade a Person's PRIVACY' to protect someone  else's Life or Property.
Sometimes it's Necessary, for the preservation of Law or National Security

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a question of an individual preference for various degrees of privacy?

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