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Both are sins but the topic , Q here is against the guidelines of Islam and confusing. Sinning in public is a greater sin than sinning in privacy though both are sins. Imagine when a guy does something illegal (against the land's law) thing right in open public means he is nor afraid of the law or the police. similarly sining openly means you are defying proudly & arrogantly against Allah's laws an act of Kufr of Iblis , Azazeel who openly rebelled against the Almighty for which
he became the cursed one for ever.
As the above post says it would have a Domino affect on the society and you will get those sins who also come forward or get dare to adopt the open sinner's style who's not afraid or shy of anything and that's a triple sin imo.
1) doing sin
2) acting as a bad example to others which will bring more sins into the society and ACCUMULATED sins for the leader
3) arrogance
This post # 55 here has more related info
http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthrea...r-Wisdom/page2
its very sorrowful disgustable to see our Muslims following Western styles of living by open fondling etc which will have disastrous effect for Muslim Society. Try to show your disapproval on such things if seen in public from such rather than saying that its his style.