Shock News: Man Sleeps in Street
Monday, 18th August 2008 by Alex Turnbull
In an utterly shocking turn of events, a very-probably homeless/alcoholic/drug addicted1 man has quite clearly passed-out in a doorway here in Philadelphia!
This piece of shocking privacy-invasion follows the discovery of a similar image last week in which a young man was pictured passed out on a grass verge2. Despite the fact the man's face wasn't pictured, the sight of him sleeping on the roadside was enough to make him furious, and he made sure everyone knew all about it by venting his anger to Britain's crappest newspaper.
The privacy issues surrounding the launch of Street View in Australia have been widely publicised, and in response Google Australia have been pro-actively removing potentially offensive images extremely quickly - this one was removed before it even appeared on Street View Fun.
Given that our Philadelphian is more likely to be drunk and homeless than a student from a nice Australian neighbourhood, you have to wonder whether this latest image will be removed as quickly, if at all3.
Thanks to Scott Roberts.
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Delete as appropriate to induce the most shock and disgust in yourself. ↩︎
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Apparently following a heavy drinking session at a friend's funeral. ↩︎
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I wonder if this latest victim of the Street View invaders has any Internet access to allow him to come across this image and ask for it to be removed? ↩︎
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“… this one was removed before it even appeared on Street View Fun.”
Ah, there’s no stopping the megaweb. Best keep your eye on The Sun to see if he complains about Googlesightseeing next.
I´m not sure I would call Lakes Entrance a “nice Australian neighbourhood”!
@ dikko – hey, they have grass, the area can’t be all bad! Of course I’m unable to examine that exact place in detail due to the image having been removed… however a little down the street it all looks quite nice really!
What I don’t understand is why Google is giving in so easily. After all, it’s not their fault that this guy chooses to sleep on the roadside just when the Street View car is passing by. In fact, they should sue him! Now the entire world has to suffer because we cannot see part of Broome Street, Lakes Entrance! It’s a shame!
How do we know this guy isn’t just faking being passed out as the car passes just so he can cause trouble with google later? Some people live off the need to complain about something.
I agree, Alex, the area doesn’t look that bad.
The first guy could be taking a siesta.
Although the close-up images of the drunk Australian have been removed, you can still see him in the distance if you move down the street a bit… see http://tinyurl.com/5l5jlf
And from the other direction… http://tinyurl.com/5wws5g
people need to stop complaining about having there photo taken out side.. this is the same as some one walking down the street and taking photos. there is nothing you or any one can do about that. you have no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public setting. i dont know why every one has a problem with it when there are cameras all over the place and more being put up all the time. no one asks who is looking at thoes..
Joe, Joe, Joe….. “i dont know why every one has a problem with it when there are cameras all over the place and more being put up all the time. no one asks who is looking at thoes..”
Oh yes we do. So you like the fact that the world has become basically a “big brother” show ? You think perving on life like a voyuer is a good thing ?
Just wait until they install cameras everywhere, including PRIVATE HOMES.
Oh and the argument, “if you do nothing wrong what have you got to worry about” is completely childish.
No-one has the right to SPY on another. NO-ONE !! As a private individual I STRONGLY object to being SPIED UPON – whether I ‘break the law’ or not is completely irrelevant.
Can’t you see what is happening ?
Just extrapolate Today’s electronic scrutiny to 50 years down the track (more like 10 years, but I’ll be conservative). Do you think it will get less ?
Oh as long as you OBEY you have nothing to worry about.
As to it being the same as somebody walking down the street taking pictures – you are completely wrong !!
You will find that if you take pictures of anything in the western world YOU RUN THE RISK OF BEING ARRESTED, PHOTOS CONFISCATED, EQUIPMENT STOLEN AND GENERALLY BEING HARRASED BY POLICE – all in the name of fighting TERRORISM !!
Grow up and use your brain in the future JOE !!