Another reply to one of the clips we watched in the lecture that escapes my squidgy thing. The show in question was 'Peep Show'. In the episode you see one of the main characters becoming unhealthily obsessed with his female co-worker. The class was then asked - when does a concerned interest in someones activities become stalking? Also are some kinds of observance allowable and appropriate? Which ones aren't?I think the line on this argument is extremely blurred as there are many different scenarios and contexts that could come up. Some of which I consider justified and others not. One of the only times I can consider the observance of someone allowed would be for example if there was a genuine fear for a persons safety. Another case would be if someones routine was known and a meeting was 'conviniently' initiated for the purposes of a crush or attraction. However, both of these intances depend on the mental state of the observing person. On one hand they can be completely innocent and harmless if the observer has noble intentions. On the other, if the intentions are unhealthy and sordid, the context is completely altered for the same situation. But then there is also the argument that if we see the intentions of the observer as unhealthy but they see them as acceptable is the stalking okay? I would say that stalking becomes so when a stalkers actions become entirely dictated by the actions of their observed. For example if a 'convinient' meeting was initiated on numerous occasions or if the observed was watched from a far without ever being contacted. These actions tend to make a possible harmless crush change into a strange and unhealthy obsession. I feel the line will always be blurred as the mental state of the 'stalker' determines if the actions are justified or not.
Lets hope the mental state of the worlds governments are healthy as we are increasingly being filmed and watched everyday...
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