On August 2, 2006 at 07:54 jamie@photon.com (Jamie Bowden) wrote:
I'd just like to point out Paul, that while we may rely on police to handle crimes in the real world, we still lock our doors.
And, in most neighborhoods, feel reasonably safe with locked doors and glass windows (particularly for our vehicles.) The problem starts when the best suggestion is to board up all the windows because they're so easily broken and entered. That is, when security measures become so onerous that they devalue the quality of life. At some point it's time to put the onus on the bad guys and make *them* afraid. P.S. A trick I learned working with the Boston Fire Dept: Many buildings with solid locked doors and barred windows can be cut into right thru the wall in a minute with common handtools, at least enough to reach around and unlock the door. Sound familiar? -- -Barry Shein The World | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Login: Nationwide Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*