Teachable moment sometimes shows up unpredictably and I want to turn Kate’s ‘Marilyn moment’ and Sun News’ discussion video into a lesson, at least for me.
Let me try to derive some lessons by asking four questions,
Q1) Do the Royals, when being photographed at public events, deserve more rights than other Canadian public figures?
Q2) Did the press overstep their role to report?
Q3) Is the photo obscene?
Q4) Was the photo taken in an inappropriate manner?
Q1) Do the Royals, when being photographed at public events, deserve more rights than other Canadian public figures?
A1) No. I believe in equality. If we have no problem publishing a similar photo of a movie/tv star in a public event, we shouldn’t have problem with similar photos of the royals. Period. The Cambridges, when they are in Canada, deserve the same (no more, no less) rights when photographed as other public figures.
Q2) Did the press overstep their role to report?
A2) No. The press weren’t there as part of the propaganda machine of the royals. They were there to report as they see fit, they were there to do their job.
Q3) Is the photo obscene? Read the rest of this entry »
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