11-22-2008, 03:17 AM
When 300000 people a year die from obesity related diseases, perhaps leaving cookies out for the thieves would prove a more deadly deterrent than firearms. Of course one runs the risk that an unattended child may bypass the cookie jar safty mechanisms and become obese too. Perhaps we should padlock all cookie jars. Perhaps we should require training courses in the handling of cookies, and ban cookies in general in high risk and urban areas.
A little bit of perspective may be warranted in this discussion.
I think it would be constructive to ask a couple of questions.
First--is proactively protecting ones property a right, or is it a responsibility? I personally view it as the latter, and a responsibility that many are negligent in.
Second--is the Western perspective "crime comes from poverty" more valid than the Eastern perspective "crime comes from wealth?" Of course, it's both, Acknowledging this fact may shed light on ones responsibility to the community. Especially in the context of moving mainland money into an impoverished community and force feeding new expectations on the population.
As a kid that grew up with a dad who was a Funeral Director and spent some time working in law enforcement right out of college in the very gun-toting state of Idaho, from a first hand perspective I'm utterly convinced that firearms are perhaps the ONLY real deterrent to private property crimes.
A little bit of perspective may be warranted in this discussion.
I think it would be constructive to ask a couple of questions.
First--is proactively protecting ones property a right, or is it a responsibility? I personally view it as the latter, and a responsibility that many are negligent in.
Second--is the Western perspective "crime comes from poverty" more valid than the Eastern perspective "crime comes from wealth?" Of course, it's both, Acknowledging this fact may shed light on ones responsibility to the community. Especially in the context of moving mainland money into an impoverished community and force feeding new expectations on the population.
As a kid that grew up with a dad who was a Funeral Director and spent some time working in law enforcement right out of college in the very gun-toting state of Idaho, from a first hand perspective I'm utterly convinced that firearms are perhaps the ONLY real deterrent to private property crimes.