msmyrtle

Yeah, considering that some websites haven't blurred out the faces of the participants its pretty obvious who was involved. Just sad all around I think.

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bearskin

Thoughts exactly. What is wrong with people.

bourbon-biscuit

If you did it would be to see consenting adults not people who made a silly error and who have partners and children whose lives are devastated by the tacky tastelessness of the watchers. I honestly think it is a really shitty thing to do to watch for an HOUR, filming and taking pics of two people who were unaware they were being watched. It's smutty and pathetic.

scrubbedexpat094

Charismatic

I'm going to have to disagree with you there, they where in an office having sex...I'm not expert in office sex (unfortunately ) but getting caught in the act must have weighted on their minds at some point.

People have been having sex for many (many!) generations now and been fascinated by the sex other people are having for just as long. It's an intrinsically human trait and perfectly normal desire. Sure it breaks a few cultural and religious taboos but it doesn't actually harm anybody. Most of the population have tried sex at at some point and many of them survived the experience, some even overcame the initial trauma and tried it a second time I hear.

There are many cultural and religious pressures on people to suppress their natural desires but none of these are founded on any rational basis and most are very slowly being eroded. It's people running around shouting "how terrible, how terrible" that propagates the myth and continue this oppression. Can we not move forwards and feel liberated? Feel happy that we, the humans, have this thing we can do to and for each other that bring us pleasure and feel closer to other people in our lives?

I think better for the mind and more fulfilling for the soul we stop playing this pathetic game where we make people ashamed of doing the things that humans have always done.

bourbon-biscuit

I think you got all carried away with yourself there and misunderstood my post, Charismatic. My issue is with the assholes in the pub who thought it was OK to watch, photograph, film, and post online. Sure, the couple were flouting their company rules but that's for the company to deal with. Sure, they were probably behaving immorally since they were both in other relationships, but that's also nothing to do with anyone other than the four people involved.

I agree it's totally normal and healthy to be interested in sex but it's neither to revel in watching and recording people having sex who are not aware and consenting to the watching ...

Charismatic

People in glass offices...

People share videos of people doing stupid things all the time, there are whole youtube channels devoted to it. I seem to remember there is a whole episode of TV sitcom friends devoted to them watching someone in another building have sex.

bourbon-biscuit

Are you missing something upstairs? Filming people having sex without their knowledge and then sharing it online is not OK. The people in the bar group-watched and filmed for AN HOUR! That's long beyond a giggle and a bit of harmless arousal.

I don't know if you have kids, Charismatic, but I think in such situations it's always good to ask yourself if your "anything goes" attitude would extend to this happening to your own daughter? Are you aware of just how damaging this will be for a 20 year old woman?!

ETA: mind you, I had to laugh at the subtitle of the Herald Article: Insurance manager, office junior lying low as bosses investigate ...

Charismatic

I don't think we're going to find common ground on this so lets just wish the young lady well and hope the Senior Manager can...well it's much more difficult to see this ending well for his marital or work life but maybe he can learn a new language and move somewhere very remote.

Perry Groves

They could make a re-enactment movie I guess