Show 7 c False Security Everyone dreams of oC escaping the turmoil turmoil tur tur- moil of or life lire Some go to considerable lengths to achieve this dream only to find that in the end there is no alternative alternative al but to sink or swim with the rest of or their fellowmen Smart people endeavor to hedge against Inflation in hu countless ways from buying diamonds and land to speculating in the stock mar ket keto Others try to dodge rising crime and violence by buying homes in protected pro areas One of these a thousand thousand- acre tract near Houston Texas is an electronically fortified city surrounded by a wall six six feet feet high protected by guards and Individual security systems in each home Eventually it is expected that as many as people will live in this single compound As one observer notes the citizen who seeks security in this manner is probably doomed to disappointment disappointment and by retreating into a walled city he is cutting culling off his only real chance for survival Survival depends depends de de- de upon all aU of or us supporting law enforcement enforcement en en- agencies the rights of or persons per sons and property and elected public officials who shun the temptation of or paving paving ing the road to public office with taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers taxpayer's tax payers payer's dollars |