From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sat Aug 18 2001 - 11:13:47 MDT
Spike wrote
> Carlos Gonzalia wrote:
>
>> This is an interesting article, and the phenomenon it describes is a sad sign
>> of the extent to which the upper classes increasingly see themselves as a
>> completely separate entity from the rest of their countrymen when it comes to
>> security issues.
>
>> http://www.economist.com/World/la/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=740145
>
> Carlos, I fail to see the problem. If one has money, one is at risk of
> being kidnaped. Therefor, if one can afford a bulletproof car and the
> other technologies, why would one *not* buy such things? Under these
> circs, if one does not take all available precautions, one is partly
> responsible for ones own fate. What they really need is some means
> of firing back at those doing the shooting, not just bulletproof cars. spike
"The Problem" that Carlos very well described, is a problem afflicting
the whole society. Something is very wrong in a region where citizens
*must* go around armed all the time. Peace and reasonable security are
absolute requirements for wealth creation.
Lee
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