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The difference is that celebrities know that they will have to deal with paparazzi as part of being a voluntary and willing participant in the public spotlight.

The random woman on the street does not voluntarily choose to have a picture of her posted all over the internet for perverts to ogle.

Note that this difference is important legally -- beating up a paparazzi is a crime, but beating up a pervert taking creepshots of your wife/daughter is either not a crime or would not be realistically prosecutable.




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