Unfortunately, it's not as new an idea as you think. I graduated from high school in 1984 (I know, I'm old) and we had 2 detectives assigned to our school. They even had (shared) an office.
My high school was one of 5 in town, had a student population of ~2000 and was considered one of the "better/safer" schools.
Anecdotally, I couldn't tell the if the police presence made a difference one way or another: they were just there.
There were still fights, drugs, kids going to class drunk and/or high, occasional weapons, etc.
Looking back on it, maybe they were just collecting an easy paycheck.........
Most medicine is nothing more than controlled poison, just as all weapons (including "nonlethal" ones) are controlled death instruments (for lack of a better term).
Notice the use of the word "controlled".
Control, it seems, is what is lacking in these situations.
"Sorry American's reading this, you are most likely awesome but things have now gone just too far."
Thank you for this. Sometimes it seems that too many people outside the US forget this point.
There are many of us (US citizens) that are ashamed of what our government is doing lately.
I only wish that there were more US citizens less focused on the "American Dream" of "more money, more things", and more focused on the (original, sadly mostly defunct) American Dream of freedom.
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IMHO there is only "right of center" and "slightly right of center" (talking about the two major parties).
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So most choose the least bad candidate from their party of choice (to the detriment of their country).
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Those TechDirt readers that fly often: compare the prices through http://privatecharterjet.com/ with major airline prices.
Just for fun: add your hourly pay rate for the amount of time you spend in "security theater" to the major airline prices.
Is this a viable option?
Disclaimer: I very rarely have to fly, so I really have no idea if this is viable.
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[citation needed]
(Mostly because I want to to satiate my own curiosity.)
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My high school was one of 5 in town, had a student population of ~2000 and was considered one of the "better/safer" schools.
Anecdotally, I couldn't tell the if the police presence made a difference one way or another: they were just there.
There were still fights, drugs, kids going to class drunk and/or high, occasional weapons, etc.
Looking back on it, maybe they were just collecting an easy paycheck.........
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Notice the use of the word "controlled".
Control, it seems, is what is lacking in these situations.
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Thank you for this. Sometimes it seems that too many people outside the US forget this point.
There are many of us (US citizens) that are ashamed of what our government is doing lately.
I only wish that there were more US citizens less focused on the "American Dream" of "more money, more things", and more focused on the (original, sadly mostly defunct) American Dream of freedom.
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Because of pirvacy in your coutrie?
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This.
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