Privacy protection or crime protection ?
According to a well -known legal principle, In his own home one can also turn naked, But there is also a limit.
It happens so that if someone looks specifically inside our house, Then he certainly cannot complain that they are scandalized/or for having seen us naked .
However, If from inside our house we all put ourselves naked to a window that gives on a frequented square, then passersby could also rightly be affected, all the more if we abandoned us to sexually explicit acts: In that case the right to privacy would decide.
Therefore there is the right to privacy, But it is not an absolute right because it must also take into account the rights of others and sometimes of the perception of others.
for example, There is the right to privacy when a man at home rapes a woman, even if his wife, or worse, a child? Obviously not. Therefore the right to the “Privacy” of your home with a “Right” to private violence, or rape, or to commit sexual abuse on minors.
In these cases the facts are of this gravity that are sanctioned as “crimes” And it is a precise duty of the state to intrude on family life to prevent repetition, because otherwise the weak part will continue to suffer violence and abuse, And it cannot exist “Privacy” which in fact allows these crimes.
Now suppose at the theoretical level that Berlusconi has actually abandoned to sexual acts with young minors, Obviously as part of one of his home (If he had been in public he would have been immediately arrested).
Many think that a 16 The 17 years many females are already mature women, And in fact they have nothing to envy for training and experience to much more adult and adult women but perhaps without experience.
But this justifies that the limit established by the law of the minor age may be violated ? The law is the same for everyone, Although abstractly defined ?
If the law establishes that only the 18 years an individual is adult and only then can he completely take the reins of his life, It is legitimate to care about this limit ?
What a difference there is between an act of pedophilia and the sex between a minor and a much more adult person, perhaps because it is mild and deluded by the fact that the adult is rich and powerful and could transform his life immediately comfortably? These things are tolerated in certain cultures and in some countries of Africa, This is true. And in Europe ?
Let's ask ourselves: When sex is requested and proposed by a particularly rich and powerful man who for the social position can open incredible life scenarios and professionals, We are sure that the weak part almost of age is able to defend itself and make prudent choices by not regretting a tomorrow ?
Anyhow, descending to reality, If you are talking about alleged photos that portray Berlusconi in lewd attitudes with minors, When he replies that his privacy has been violated he cleverly calls the weaker populace to the protection of the small freedom he enjoys, that is, that of the house of each of us, and arouses something deep in defense of something that we want to protect, our “sit!”.
But in doing so Berlusconi mystifies the very concept of privacy because he applies it and invokes him to affirm the right to confidentiality even if in reality there is theoretically talked about sexual abuse, right that, as mentioned, It does not exist and has no privacy protection.
The same attempt to mix the right to privacy with the right to commit a criminal offense denotes a lack of perception of the same border between lawful and illegal, that is, a lack of ethics and respect of the law which, however, has also been propagated with all media. A real school of cultural degradation for the entire society.
We want to bet that ordinary people will soon begin to believe and demand that their privacy is so important that the state does not have to enter the home for any reason?
Not only. Berlusconi by invoking the right of privacy in his own home (which for the populace corresponds to a few square meters perhaps), is implicitly affirming the principle that in the part of Italy he owns, real estate, companies and anything else, sovereignty and legality belong to him, to himself and not to the state.
I have the impression that the African prince has shown the face, that is, the fact that the laws don't give a damn, but not even of the rights of minors.
Certainly damage to the’ collective image of Italians (I am no longer), But above all very very profitable for many young people from all over the planet.
Rather, Already now pedophiles and rapists certainly feel more peaceful and thank once again.