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No More Private Parties
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Do private parties even exist any more?

Prince Harry, England’s 3rd in line, erroneously thought so on his recent trip to Vegas.

But during his very private party,
on his private vacation,
in his private hotel suite,
playing a private game of strip billiards,
the prince’s private parts were photographed
by a private opportunist and sold to TMZ.

So much for private.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper wanted to know what jerk took the nude photos and leaked them to the tabloids. Others asked where the 27-year old prince’s security team was and why they hadn’t confiscated people’s cell phones. As if young people today are going to willingly cough up their iPhones and Droids at the door? Are you kidding?

As long as there are tabloids buying compromising photos for thousands of dollars and flipping them to make millions, there will be phone-handlers eager to snap and send.

Which brings me to my point:
There are no more public private parties.

Meaning, if a party is in a public place, even a private hotel suite in Vegas, it’s not private.
If a party is inside your home, and there are friends and family who feel that they can benefit off you, it’s not private. Assume that everything we say and do can go public.

Now, when paparazzi have climbed into trees and bushes and over walls to sneak and take pictures of people in the privacy of their own homes, they’ve been sued and had to pay millions in liability. Because that’s just WRONG. But if we decide to strip down in a public hotel with people we don’t know, assume that exposure is going viral… and quickly.

If we take photos or sex videos on our phones or anybody else’s phone, even if it’s someone we love dearly, it’s probably safe to assume that the images will one day make their way online. Gone are the days when we could be young and foolish and in love and pose for each other thinking he or she will cherish us forever and keep private moments private. Entire reality personalities’ lucrative careers have been launched off people’s “private” moments.

Let’s assume that everything we say and do will come into the light one day.

When Jesus shares with his disciples how to listen and be trustworthy in Luke 8:16-18, he says, “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open…”

What if we all lived like this?
Like light on a lamp stand!
Knowing that nothing hidden or concealed will remain so.

I really do feel bad for Prince Harry.
No one, royalty or otherwise, deserves to have his/her private affairs sneakily photographed and sold to the tabloids. That’s just dirty. But the prince has to know that there are some things that he as a prince might not want to do i.e. playing strip billiards in Vegas, especially just two weeks after representing the Queen and Royal Family at the closing ceremony of the Olympics. Just saying.

Hopefully we can all learn from this, and every other “leak”, that our private affairs are no longer private. So, let’s make every effort to live in such a way that there is nothing to leak and nothing to hide.

Because, it is 2012.
And there are no more private parties,
Naima

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