As a follow-up on this, I believe it was Neuhaus who observed that sex is the least-private thing we can do.  In terms of "'mere' society," it involves a minimum of two people, not to mention the children and other relations who care.  If one accepts the existence of a caring God, well, then, we're never private. 

I was teaching my first year, second week, of high school English.  The seniors I taught were all on retreat that day, and I was sitting in my classroom at a student desk, grading a few homework assignments. 

A colleague came in and asked me whether I knew of what had happened.  I hadn't, and so I turned on the tv to see what he was talking about, barely even knowing what the WTC was, and thinking it was probably only a small prop plane anyway.  When I realized it had been an airliner, I supposed it was terrorism, and found that suspicion confirmed by the second strike. 

My day mostly consisted of watching the television, grading forgotten.  I had a couple of classes that day - a study hall and Junior Honors English, but all we did was talk about what had happened, and what was next.