Crap. Medical crises just derail everything so damned fast.
Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - May 22, 2012 2:28:59 pm PDT #6270 of 30001
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Sheryl - May 22, 2012 2:40:39 pm PDT #6271 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Java Cat!
I'm sorry, Liese.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 2:41:00 pm PDT #6272 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Good god, if you know a 7:30am meeting is cancelled, why not tell people?
Jessica - May 22, 2012 3:08:58 pm PDT #6273 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Does AA have a legal expectation of privacy, or is it inherent in the name, or the rules of the organisation? I mean, how far do I have to go to establish *this* roomful of people having an expectation of privacy, when the group that meets in the same room in an hour might not?
It is in the rules of the organization, which are (IME) posted on every visible wall surface available, and stated explicitly by the meeting leader before they begin. It would take an immense amount of stupid to be present at an AA meeting and think it was ok to take pictures.
tommyrot - May 22, 2012 3:11:29 pm PDT #6274 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 3:16:16 pm PDT #6275 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It would take an immense amount of stupid to be present at an AA meeting and think it was ok to take pictures.
I'm not so curious about okay, more about legal. What specific threshold does AA meet to make it illegal. Does it have to be on the walls? In the name? Group papers?
Basically--what's the minimum I have to do to establish expected privacy in an otherwise public space?
Jessica - May 22, 2012 3:19:25 pm PDT #6276 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ah, that would probably take a lawyer to answer.
Amy - May 22, 2012 3:22:07 pm PDT #6277 of 30001
Because books.
Not a lawyer, but I think it would have less to do with the space than the rules of belonging to the group/participating in a meeting. Unless you mean someone who isn't in the group taking pictures. Refraining just seems like common sense and respect.
Jesse - May 22, 2012 3:33:03 pm PDT #6278 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hil, I'm constantly getting spoiled for reality shows on FB, if I don't watch them when they air. I figure it's my own fault.
Oh, fucking god, I don't know if you've met racists until you've met all Jamaicans.
I hate to say this, but I'm pretty sure my grandmother was actually being racist against Jamaicans (or maybe other Caribbean folks), so that brings it full circle? She said something about the "dark" women who came to clean her house being mouthy. I figure it was actually an accent issue, and probably not really an attitude issue, but didn't explore it further with her.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 3:34:28 pm PDT #6279 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The lifehacker post says it's illegal, period, so that's what I'm curious about. They never define "expectation of privacy". I mean, I can sit around and expect all I want. Does it take someone witnessing my expectation for it to have legal weight?