I no doubt upset a niece yesterday.  I did not intend to do so; I was merely defending my right to privacy.  She had posted a childhood picture of me online and had tagged it with my name.  (Another relative posts childhood pictures of me with no consideration and she refuses to take them down when asked to.  She’s not a nice person.)  This is the first time this niece posted a picture of me and I think I shocked her by my protest.  However, I do not apologize for my actions.

     Do we not have very little privacy left to us as it is these days?  You will notice that on my blog and Facebook page there are very few pictures of me.  Could it be because I don’t want them out there?  Why yes!

     I consider my right to privacy as valuable as yours is.  I’m sure you wouldn’t appreciate me posting bad pictures of you or your private thoughts on the web whenever the mood strikes me.  I will ask your permission to post a picture or a quote before doing so.  I expect the same courtesy in return.  Yes, it is courteous to ask one’s permission.  In my case, it is also a copyright violation to post any of my stuff without my explicit permission.