Dear Poor Lucky Me,
My boyfriend and I live in a high rise apartment building across from two other high rise apartment buildings. I have purchased a pair of binoculars and spend a lot of my free time looking into people’s windows.
My question is two fold:
1. Do you think, as my boyfriend does, that this is “wrong”? As in immoral?
2. Do you think so many people do things in the nude because they know people like me are watching them?
Thanks in advance for weighing in.
Signed,
Nudist By Proxy
A word on the slippery slope: This term is most often used by extremists, douche bags, and high school teachers who didn’t like me. The implication is that doing something seemingly innocuous lowers the threshhold of what they would find acceptable and normal. Like allowing gay people to get married is a slippery slope to letting cats and dogs get married. But normal people know that’s really not how the world works. Most human beings understand the intricacies of moral theory versus the practicality of politics. Recognizing alternative marriages will lead to redefining what is normal and acceptable; it does not mean that Vera Wang will be coming out with a wedding line next summer call The Purrrfect Day or Ruffmantic Evenings.
The point is, it’s ok to spy on your high rise neighbors who have their blinds and curtains open. It’s not ok to spy on your neighbors if you live in a single family home, if you have to use a ladder, or if they have repeated asked you not to.
As to whether or not people are doing things in the nude because you’re watching, the answer is yes. That’s why I do naked push ups in my living room with all the blinds open.
Sincerely,
Dear N.B.P.,
First of all let me say I envy you. One of life’s greatest pleasures lies in spying on people in high rises with a pair of binoculars. However, finding joy in such an activity does not address the morality behind it. And I’m afraid we are about to enter slippery slope territory.
Poor Lucky Me
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