Oh, if only I could have run to the lawyers every time my mother or father picked up the phone and squawked, "Who are you talking to?" If only I could have returned my parents' scowling inquisitions with a threat to go to court because they were "prying into my business."
Alas, I was raised in that long-ago era when mother and father were not only entitled to be parents, they were expected to be...
I was raised in an era when the bigger issue in this case would have been the old lady, her snatched purse, and the fact that a couple of thieves might have killed her.
Instead, privacy rights advocates are hailing the victory. The American Civil Liberties Union -- a well-meaning organization that is often on the wrong end of common sense -- filed a brief to support the thief.
Good article.