"...the faint sense of trespass implicit in the act of staring..."
An Unexpected Light - Travels In Afghanistan by Jason Elliot, Picador, London, 1999 - page 4.
This was my own reaction to the veiled women of Syria and the strangers on the subway in Canada. No matter the goodwill intent behind the staring, it is still intentionally rude.
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