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However it doesn't hold - as your neighbor I can't bar you from putting up a fence because it'll intrude on my view of your property... granted people try to do that _all the time_ but I think it's commonly understood that putting up a fence for privacy is allowed.

It's also not a great analogy for this case because another party is given continued easy access to view my backyard while the first party is denied - and the analogy breaks down here because, as a neighbor, I have no inherent right to view your private life at least as much as any of your other neighbors.



> it's commonly understood that putting up a fence for privacy is allowed.

Try building that fence into the stratosphere. A regulatory body will prevent that.

> I have no inherent right to view your private life at least as much as any of your other neighbors.

That's a different analogy, not a violation of the first.

It's not necessary for every part of the analogy to hold, being an analogy.




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