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Do You Feel Safer?

Posted October 11, 2010 7:26 AM

When crime rates climb, demand for more police patrol follows. While trying to provide more watchful presence and faster response, technology is deployed in lieu of more people on the scene. Video-surveillance is everywhere. Computer and communication technologies link police and citizens as never before. With so many more ways creating vigilance, are we safer? Do you feel safer?

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Re: Do You Feel Safer?

10/28/2010 12:34 PM

No, just the opposite. The ability to instantly call for help is a narcotic. The more we have the more need. Instant communication makes us more dependent on others and less able to depend upon ourselves. When (not if) the communication link is broken we will be unable to fend for ourselves.

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