Walls, fences, gates, signs, cameras, dogs.... Paranoia is right.
Mmmm, I dunno. Maybe not completely. Just as a conservative is often a former liberal who has been mugged, a "paranoid" is often a formerly laid-back, trusting, free & easy person who has been subjected to their home being invaded and ripped off, pets stolen or killed, &/or their identity stolen and misused.
I'd agree the long-term better solution is in building community, creating a sustainable paradigm with diverse employment opportunities, effective education & health care, and so on rather than each household retreating behind a barricade bristling with fencing, alarms, dogs, and so on. But I do not blame as "paranoid" people who are trying to take some pro-active measures to not create themselves as victims, especially if they have already been victimized before and this is exactly that which has led to the fences, gates, signs, cameras, & dogs in the first place. As with rape, blaming the victim is not particularly appropriate -and if afterwards s/he takes steps to prevent such victimization from happening again, it this paranoia or a rational -even commendable- response to an unfortunate reality?
As far as the tourism helicopter activity goes, there are days when I am not thrilled about some of the noisier to and fro above my place but I knew it was part of the deal when we bought and built where we did. In fact, a group of us went in together and chartered one of the sightseeing helicopter services to detour a bit on the usual lava vent route and do several loops at low altitude above our properties so we could film it all from the air at close range. Way better than the Google Earth satellite shot of Puna. Helped with planning where to put in the driveway, as well as being all sorts of fun. We went around the week before visiting all of the neighbors, letting them know what we were planning, and if they wanted aboard or wanted photos of their spreads as well then those of us on the ride took photos and gave them copies.
Law enforcement and military helicopters we are all glad to see after a disaster or if there is some acute need. Personally, I think the energy spent in frustrated outrage at green harvest helicopter activity would be better spent in either reforming misguided policy on marijuana (which rationally should also be just another legal, taxed, agricultural crop given that tobacco and alcohol are legal) or in also completely illegalizing and shutting down tobacco and alcohol (both of which have far higher costs to society than does marijuana). One or the other. Policy reform is the effective path to getting rid of bothersome green harvest helicopter activity; sure seems like there would be better ways to spend all of that tax money.
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