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To: Frederic Conrad who wrote (144)	11/17/1999 4:54:00 PM
From: C Kahn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 247

Frederic Conrad, I know better than to believe that the police are always going to be able to protect people. I've learned this from life experience. And there aren't enough cops to go around, anyway. I know that many Americans have blinders on because of the "Good Life" here. But they need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm a strong believer in being self-sufficient. I pray that you worst case scenario doesn't happen. But I agree that people need to be prepared for this. Colleen

To: Frederic Conrad who wrote (144)	11/17/1999 7:57:00 PM
From: MikeH	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 247

Question:? Is is really this bad in the rest of the country? In the midwest, except for the yuppies, we still live by the "I can do it my damn self!" ideal. 4 or 5 bad guys kicking down the door in a non-drug infested neighborhood would probably end up in 1 or 2 dead bad guys - and a full aquittal of the home owner. I get to spend about 15 weeks a year traveling around looking at M&A targets and asset reviews, but I don't get to talk with the locals, at least not outside the peons in the accounting departments. From the people I've spoken with about more than business, this didn't seem to be my perception - um, except maybe in San Francisco. <<This may sound a bit harsh, but I believe that many Americans have been thoroughly brain-washed into believing that the police (local, state, or federal) will be there to protect them when four or five “bad guys” attempt to commit an act of extreme violence against them or their families.>> My question is: Is the common American really this bad off? I realize the Frederic is a little to the right of me on liberatarian issues, and I'm on par with Keynes. So I was wondering if anybody else held this opinion, or disagreed strongly for that matter.