A Delhi woman made a video of a couple kissing in her society and made it viral. After this, a debate has erupted on the internet whether it is wrong to express love publicly or to make someone’s video without permission?
A Delhi woman posted a video of a couple kissing in her housing society. Since then, a huge debate has erupted in the online world. People are divided on whether the real issue is expressing love in public or making a video of a stranger without permission.
X (formerly Twitter) user Sanju Goyal shared a 73-second clip. It is being told that this video was recorded two days before posting. In the video, a boy and a girl are seen hugging and kissing each other in a parking lot of a residential society.
Goyal wrote in her post: “Early in the morning, when I had gone to drop my daughter to the school bus, I was shocked to see this incident. Where are the youth going? Within no time, Delhi has changed so much that these days you will see such activities on every street, nook and intersection. The video is from my own society and is 2 days old. I thought a lot whether to share such a video or not, and finally I posted it.”
This post went viral in no time and was viewed more than 3.3 lakh times. But the comment section turned into a battlefield.
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couple’s criticism
Some users agreed with Goyal and expressed concern over the changing social fabric. One person commented, “This is changing very fast; it is important to pay attention to the children of today and understand that they do not follow such paths. This is the age of education, not romance.”
Other people also justified the woman’s problem. His argument was that a kind of decorum should be maintained in public places, especially in residential areas where families and children live.
Questions raised on privacy
At the same time, many people argued that the real problem was not the couple, but the decision to secretly record the video and upload it. One user wrote, “Why would you record someone’s private moments and post them online on Twitter?” Another said, “The moment you record someone without their consent and post it on social media, that’s the moment you become morally wrong.”
Many users also pointed out that filming someone’s video and sharing it online without their knowledge is not only unethical, but can also have legal consequences as it is a violation of the right to privacy.
What did people say on social media
Some users, understanding both sides, gave mixed opinions. One commenter wrote, “I understand the concern about PDA (Public Display of Affection), but publicly shaming someone by posting a video of them is not the solution. If you feel uncomfortable you could have talked to them directly.”
Another user said, “India hasn’t progressed far enough to make kissing openly in public a common thing, but that doesn’t justify recording someone without permission and subjecting them to online harassment.”
A third user said, “The woman could have handled the matter in a better way. If she had a problem, she could have talked to the society management instead of making the couple’s private moment public.”