Wal-Mart Security System...
Wal-Mart is installing a fairly elaborate ADT security system in its parking lots today. There appear to be multiple cameras on multiple poles that will effectively 'see' everything in the parking areas.
I suspect this may have been prompted by the fairly recent series of attacks on women who were either entering or leaving their vehicles. There certainly could be other reasons behind this, as well. It has become fairly common to hear of shop lifters being apprehended and this certainly won't harm that process.
Whatever is/was the reason for the decision, I suspect that mostly only the 'bad guys' will find this objectionable. I know there are some who believe that all these security devices are a threat to our individual freedoms. We can be 'seen' as we travel on expressways, we can be 'seen' as we pass through various intersections, we can be 'seen' by security systems both inside and, now, outside retail establishments.
While this kind of information could be used improperly, I have, so far at any rate, faith in our system. I prefer that our authorities have more rather than less data at their disposal in order to catch 'bad guys'. We read of the benefits to society on a very regular basis.
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Germantown Community Library...
Kudos to the fine folks at our library who always treat me in a most courteous and pleasant manner. I only recently 'discovered' that I could read as much as I liked without having to spend untold hundreds of dollars to satisfy my craving for more and more books.
This is, of course, my better half's fault since she encouraged me to try 'fiction' instead of all the dull non-fiction stuff I had been reading most of my adult life.
My regular visits are always rewarded with a smile and a nice word or two.
