> There is a big difference between a stalker and the average fan.
> Yes, the average fan, if given the chance would drive past
> Morrissey's house to "have a look". But the line is
> drawn when one crosses past 'driving by and slowing down', to
> getting out of the car, having a seat on the steps to his house
> and writing a letter, taking photographs, rummaging through
> trash, consuming alcohol and leaving the bottles behind etc etc.
> That's the difference between respect and lack there of. Either
> you have it, or you don't.
you know, i never thought of the latter. i think it seems incomprehensible that there are loads of people who want to rummage in garbage. but why are they sitting around drinking beers?
i know there are people who want to look in his mailbox. that's bad. i know i'm not famous or anything (for damn sure) and i'm sure that would make a difference if was, but i'm used to living in dwellings that are pretty much not very private. I've lived in dorms with roommates who i had never met previously, apartments, where you have to keep your curtains closed at all times because people who live there come walking by and can see what you're doing and you seriously can't expect them to turn their head away politely while you are lying in the livingroom staring at the TV. some people I know even like looking at stranger's houses regardless of lack fame out of curiosity of the design of the house and what they own. it's a basic indignity many people have to suffer from on some level, but given that people can walk up to his house and do this crap, there are gated communities out in the boondoggles that have more security access than his house.
> Who's to say which side Chris falls on...only HE knows the real
> truth. I'm not here to judge him, I'm just raising a finger at
> what could potentially end up being a problem for someone.
> Considering the state of the world these days, I wouldn't put
> anything past anyone.
even though I did sorta find the first time I had seen someone posting pics of his house as a bit shocking, i originally thought, "oh well", because even you have to admit, all the loonies can find him without help, and mostly they already have as you saw them piping up about the pics. it's like sharing spy secrets that you stole from the Russians to the Russians. they don't need a website, and frankly, in my time here, i've basically found the net itself as a poor source of stalking material. the people with the largest success are generally the people who happen to be out on the streets or at their jobs and they just so happen to run across something that gives his address. the stalkers themselves don't like sharing too much of their findings because they want to keep moz all for themselves. that's why you have yet to see anyone around here post his address publicly for all to see, or at least, i've never seen anyone do it despite the number of "i've been to his house" stories. it creates a really weird paradox where people think of themselves as the special ones that aren't treading on his privacy, but have already decided that everyone else is potentially dangerous.
> Think about it. Do you want a hundred or so people milling about
> your house throughout any given week, sitting around looking,
> trying to catch a glimpse of you? You'd be OVER that in no time.
> Don't tell me you wouldn't be, because I know it would bother
> each and every one of you. "Oh, who's that rummaging
> through my garbage again?"....
i don't have to think that hard about it. it's why i never bothered making the drive to LA on my last trip. some mistaken person volunteered certain info once, so my guess is I wouldn't be wandering around lost and it wouldn't have been a wasted trip if it's what i was looking for, but ya know...i have two standards. what I do, and what everyone else does. despite what people think about what i say, i generally keep my actions more conservative than what i find more permissive in others. I think the most exciting it would get is maybe if I could find out where his tour bus was parked after a show and hang around out there as he leaves. But i've never wanted to find his hotel, lie about knowing his band members and sneaking into their after-show parties. I'm basically the sort of person who believes that if i'm not invited, i'm tresspassing, or worse, begging. Other people are brazen, and some can handle being brazen and having it work OK because of their personalities.
> You can take the trash out of the 'hood, but you can't take the
> 'hood out of the trash.
