by Ice Cream Jonsey » Mon Sep 30, 2002 2:29 am
AArdvark wrote:Look, Not that he's up on a pedestal or anything, He just can live his private life online, something that I could just not do. Beware of mudslides, eh? O.K. drink is a- calling.. must go.
It's easier to do such a thing when you have no wife, kids, girlfriend or, really, any sort of family that is affected by the events and pictures described on-line.
In fact, I view my transparent divide between my on-line handle and my real name as much the same way that Matt Murdoch views his life as the costumed crimefighter known as "Daredevil." Essentially:
(When asked by his girlfriend, Karen Page, when he plans on stopping jumping off rooftops and beating people up:)
DD: "I guess when I... when we... have a child. I always assumed to quit when there was a kid to think about."
KP: "Really?"
DD: "Sure. It's one thing to have
you waiting home for me, hoping I come back alive. I mean, you're an adult -- you're aware of what I do... and you still choose to be involved with me. A kid, on the other hand, wouldn't have a choice. An infant couldn't say my night job was "suicidal" and leave me for another parent. It'd be stuck with me as a dad. When I make the decision to be a parent, I think I owe it to my child to be there for it, as long as it needs me. I'd say that leaves vigilantism out for good. Besides -- there are more than enough costumes in this city to pick up the slack. Spider-Man alone could cover the Kitchen in my place."
OK, there's some differences, obviously, and Karen in the above case goes on to convince Matt not to give up being Daredevil, but I'm not doing anything as important as fictional crime fighting. I would have hated it if my dad worked in the quirks of me taking my first dump on a toilet to his internet friends, so I certainly hope that I will be able to afford my eventual kid the same level of privacy in a digital world.
[quote="AArdvark"]Look, Not that he's up on a pedestal or anything, He just can live his private life online, something that I could just not do. Beware of mudslides, eh? O.K. drink is a- calling.. must go.
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It's easier to do such a thing when you have no wife, kids, girlfriend or, really, any sort of family that is affected by the events and pictures described on-line.
In fact, I view my transparent divide between my on-line handle and my real name as much the same way that Matt Murdoch views his life as the costumed crimefighter known as "Daredevil." Essentially:
(When asked by his girlfriend, Karen Page, when he plans on stopping jumping off rooftops and beating people up:)
DD: "I guess when I... when we... have a child. I always assumed to quit when there was a kid to think about."
KP: "Really?"
DD: "Sure. It's one thing to have [i]you[/i] waiting home for me, hoping I come back alive. I mean, you're an adult -- you're aware of what I do... and you still choose to be involved with me. A kid, on the other hand, wouldn't have a choice. An infant couldn't say my night job was "suicidal" and leave me for another parent. It'd be stuck with me as a dad. When I make the decision to be a parent, I think I owe it to my child to be there for it, as long as it needs me. I'd say that leaves vigilantism out for good. Besides -- there are more than enough costumes in this city to pick up the slack. Spider-Man alone could cover the Kitchen in my place."
OK, there's some differences, obviously, and Karen in the above case goes on to convince Matt not to give up being Daredevil, but I'm not doing anything as important as fictional crime fighting. I would have hated it if my dad worked in the quirks of me taking my first dump on a toilet to his internet friends, so I certainly hope that I will be able to afford my eventual kid the same level of privacy in a digital world.