Sunday, May 20, 2007
Intelligence or technology?
From: Invinc-A-Kid
Subject: Disspelling FOX4 News
Thank you Jeff, congratulations on the story, I think it was great that you brought up a good, solid "opposing point". I think they shouldn't have blown up the numbers, which discouraged people from ever looking into this (child locating) technology.
From: Jeff
Nor will it deter people who obviously have safety concerns with their children. As we all know, if someone truly wants something, they typically find the money to pay for it :-) My opposing point is actually the MAIN point I always address. You can purchase all the devices in the world, but don't neglect the two MAJOR devices nature has provided us all...our brain and our instinct .
From: Invinc-A_Kid
Subject: Brain or Gadget
True, but Stephen Fowler would not find his daughter no matter how brainy he was. We are at a new age when we don't have to count on our kid's brains and instincts alone. God knows I can't count on my 17 (!) year old to remember what I sent him from point A to point B for. He is extremelly "scattered". Now, I don't know what rush of adrenalin can do to your brain when you are a 13 yo girl being abducted and raped, but I know before a tragedy happens parents NOW can intercept just by finding their child, like Stephen did.
Yes Jeff, I am trying to talk you into believing my multi-level approach. As late as last year, this stuff was not available. Now it is, lets' embrace it at least as the THIRD choice in my "Trinity":
1. What you have to offer - education, first choice.
2. Laws and Justice system to back up by putting the monster (once he was identified), away for 25 to life (by implementing Jessica's Law in every State), and
3. What I have to offer. You can't cover all kids, everywhere, all the time. Neither can I.
The law can, but does it? Don't forget, the GPS trace data that Stephen collected while looking for his daughter, is now a valid evidence admissible to court that will place this guy where he belongs: in jail for 25, as Jessica's Law IS enacted in Florida. So, technology in this case helped us to:
A. Save a child's life
B. "Root out" and identify a molester that could have otherwise go undiscovered for years
C. Provide the jury with evidence to help convict him
I am saying, there are 3 sides to this coin (at least). When a child is paralized with fear, (as I am sure Shawn Hornbeck was), a parent NOW can find the child, like Mr. Fowler did. When a device is lost, count on the kid's smarts. And when both fail, count on the fact that because of the strict laws some pedofiles may not be hatched or the crime may be reduced drastically.
Together, we may be able to bring the sad statistics down a bit, even if each of us could cover the third of the population. (:-)
From: Jeff
I'm not opposed to them, I just don't want them REPLACING what God has given freely. I go back to a serial rapist I and my former boss interviewed years ago in the Missouri State Prison who, when police did a search of his house, found a box in his closet filled with mace, pepper spray, stun guns, whistles and the like. All of these he kept as "trophies" of the women he had raped and assaulted, none of whom were able to deploy these devices on him, but he smiled as he told us how he used it back on the women he disarmed carrying them. My mom is former FBI, brother is Homeland Security, cousin just retired this year after 25 years in Military Intelligence. Also, two former roomies who are cops all chime in with the same advice (mostly of course applied to adults)... a weapon is nothing more than an extension of your body. If you therefore do not know how to properly use your body, the weapon will not do you much good.
I am giving a self-defense seminar along with the XYZ Police Departments the end of this month. Many of the officers I've worked with love working with me due to my approach to this topic. They too know the "horror stories" that are associated with a false sense of security that is not backed up with basic "street smarts" as well as good dose of "common sense/instinct." With the kids, so long as mom and dad have done THEIR JOB in education, I'm all for whatever back-ups they employ to enhance their children's safety.
From: Invinc-A-Kid
You are talking about women and things (of self-defense), I am talking about children and parental control. Your thug could have not removed an AmberWatch or I-On-Kids without setting off the alarm, which he can not turn off , throw away or brake. He can not get rid of the GPS unit even if he finds it. Just how far is he going to throw it? These are not scilent devices of the past, like pepper sprays. These are things out of his reach and control. His friend was time, now time is his animy.
And it's only going to get better Jeff, that's the good news! No one can possibly underestimate the power of intelligence and instinct, no one. But as you yourself stated, they do it anyway. So, what's the catch here, if everyone knows about self-defense and is trained? Why has this crime gotten completely out of hands with kids?
Because the laws were not tough before, now they are getting there. AND there are more ways of identifying and weeding them out, literally, like the Dateline does, like Gregg Abbott's Cyber Division does, or like John Walsh does now too. Hey, if our Mr. Fowler did it, anyone can, with my technology. All I ask is that you do mention this in your lectures and training, always! As an alternative of course. If you don't get a response from parents, you will get it from parents of special need children or caretakers of elderly parents. This is not all about crime and criminals, this is abut more control.
Women? They are your domain. Yours and Jo's at www.predators.tv. Keep up the great work Jeff, I am very proud of knowing you guys! I will help you in any way I can, always!
Invinc-A-Kid
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