Respect My Privacy: No Photos Please!

With everyone owning smartphones nowadays it is impossible for one not to take photos of everything whenever they feel like it. They feel the need of using the power of the camera in their phones to tell the whole world about literally anything, but they have forgotten the danger of showing everything: how it may harm someone that you don't even know; and how you may summon harm towards yourselves. 

I totally agree that taking photos means creating memories - but does the one that the photo is being taken want to be that part of the memory? See - if the agreement is not mutual, it is not the right thing to do. Okay, let me put it in simpler ways:

Level one:

You are walking down the street and you noticed someone taking snapshots of you. How do you feel?

Adding the intensity (Level two):

You are a 20-year-old young lady buying something in a grocery shop. When you are about to pay, you noticed the 50-year-old shop owner uncle taking your photo. How do you feel?

Level three: 

Someone close to you got into an accident. His/ her photos with broken nose/ bruises and wounds were all over social media sites. How do you feel?

Level four: 

You got into an accident and passed out. Of course the sight won't be pleasant. You woke up and found your pictures all over the net. How do you feel?

I bet that other than level one, I believe your anger and frustrations will only increase level by level. I don't think anyone in the sane mind would like the incidents I mentioned above to happen to them. You don't want such thing to happen to yourself; yet why do you keep on taking others' photos without permission? Have you thought about the consequences? 

See - the news will at least blur the faces of victim, and if permission is not given, they will not show the interviewee's face on screen or paper, not even the name. But here you are acting the "civilian hero reporter" and feel the urge to spread the news to others. Yes - you can inform that there has been an accident - but there is no need to take the photos of the poor victims, you are only adding insult to injury! You need not be a busybody - the authorities will inform the victims' family, and they would appreciate that you didn't take those poor photos! Who would want his/her misfortune to go viral?

Puls, it is not fun making fun of others if the other person doesn't find it funny. It is sad.

Keep your camera for selfies and sceneries, and if you find something interesting you want to share, think twice if it would hurt others.