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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Of course all that was explained, in detail when the issue first came up a bunch of years ago. But some people don't WANT it to mean that. They WANT it to mean what they've assigned it to mean, so that they can raise their fists in righteous indignation about "those people."

Meanwhile, back on topic:

I see posters here being all fist-raisey and righteously indignant, going on the hyperbolic defense of "oh sure, let's just have a cop on every corner, put them in your house to make sure you're not doing anything wrong, turn this into a nanny state and big brother" yada yada yada.

There's a difference between "the police in this area are not visible enough, another dozen shifts added to the tri-county area would be helpful" and "put a nanny-cam in your bathroom."

Maybe if we could accept those differences and approach the problem pragmatically instead of emotionally, this community (in general) could come up with solutions.

It's hardly "yada, yada, yada". It isn't that big a step from one to the other. I suggest one reads "1984" and "The Handmaid's Tale"