More overplaying of the fear card in our society

[MadHound]

Think about it, an entire development wired for security, in fact making it a selling point for these homes. Sorry, but I think that this is more fearmongering for fun and profit. Read for yourself.

"In a home with ample views of cows grazing in a nearby farm, child abduction scenarios might seem like the wrong sales pitch for a new subdivision in Wentzville — a city where the murder rate last year was zero and violent crime at the hands of a stranger is nearly nonexistent.

But inside the meticulous model home, real estate agent Joanie Graflage can't stop talking about kidnappings, break-ins, peeping Toms, petty theft and any of the other "God forbids" that haunt the hearts of parents."
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stcharles/story/5BB1F553429B39C3862574B9000DBED0?OpenDocument>

Get that? This development is in an area where there have been no murders, and violent crime is almost non-existent. In fact, knowing this area pretty well I can assure you that crime is almost nonexistent. But these developers are playing off of people's fears to sell their homes. Disgusting, and frankly counterproductive in my opinion.

I especially like this part
"Spokesman Capt. Kevin Pyatt said the department rarely gets decent crime tips off cameras in homes, but he has fielded complaints from people who believe they are routinely being watched by their neighbor's surveillance cameras."

But fear sells, and it sells well. And your neighbor's right to privacy be damned.

[stillcool]

1. and fear paralyzes..

that's the best part.

[MadHound]

2. What gets me is that these security systems are so easily overcome and outwitted

If you have any brains, a modicum of electronics skill(like high school level) you can bypass these systems with nobody the wiser. Now ACT is offering security systems that sweep the interior of your house to see who's there, and passes that information on back to the home office. This is simply more corporate spying under the guise of security, and fearful Americans fall for it all the time.

Frankly the best security system you can have is a large dog. You don't have to train it to be mean or anything, just love it and care for it and it will be the best security system you ever had, and it won't report what you're doing to third party corporate outsiders.