How are paparazzi not considered harassment?
To be fair, Nax, sometimes you get so big that they follow you everywhere. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are out of LA but now have NY paparazzi to contend with (I think Garner is doing a play on broadway). Paparazzi followed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to Africa, chartering helicopters and all such craziness. The worst seem to be the ones that will insult you (or the date you’re with) just to get a rise out of you to get a good photo.
Because in a world where the host needs the parasite as much if not more than the parasite needs the host, you don’t want to do too much to discourage the parasite. Celebrities will complain about how hard the paparazzi makes their lives, and when one is particularly egregious, they may even sue, but ultimately most of those “famous” people desperately need to be famous, and the paparazzi makes that happen in a very real sense. The only thing worse than having somebody want to take your picture is not having somebody wanting to take your picture.
@The World Famous: I guess I’m talking the more general form of harassment, or “stalking”, but essentially I’m talking about the unauthorized and unwanted behaviors against a person. If I was walking down the street and you kept following me wherever I went, talking at me non-stop and basically disrupting my day, don’t I have a legal right to have you not do that to me? @Chuckles: It seems to me the “scheduling” makes the most sense, similar to calling a Press Conference, when you’re ready to make a public appearance and offer that out. I just find it puzzling that people who do not invite this (e.g. Julia Roberts’ recent stint with the paparazzi) can’t put an end to it. It seems extremely disruptive.
