Hello to all potential Obama Event attenders, I have been thinking about this idea of enhanced security for some time and talking about it on rare occasions. Now seems like a great time to SPAM the thoughts to lots of people. Professional agents like the Secret Service can prevent nearly any possibility of harm to those they protect. The media and the blog world has been talking about the one possibility that they can't stop; the "Lone Wolf." This type of threat is hard for a professional to detect because their thoughts and plans are likely to be completely personal, thus undetectable. The pro's can do amazing things with geometry and physics to detect any potential long range attack, or stealthy approach. Mapping communication links allows them to guess who is connected to organized threats, and track the movement of the known players of insurgency. I don't believe they can effectively play the "Where is Waldo" game by scanning our massive crowds to find a potential Lone Wolf who looks just like the rest of us. That's where we the normal people come in. Early in the primaries when we began to discuss this idea, I suggested attendees of events perform acts of confrontation and heroism should a perpetrator brandish a weapon. Recently I thought security against the potential Lone Wolf doesn't need to be so dramatic. Any potential Lone Wolf would be playing the part of a hunter and their camouflage would be pretending to be at the event like we are, but unlike us they would be in total focus on one goal just like a hunter. It would be a terrible problem for them if they were constantly distracted. Since all the attendees that show up for honorable reasons will be friends in spirit or otherwise, their should be nothing wrong with talking to everybody near you even though you never met before. Who could possibly be against a friendly & light conversation at an event? A Lone Wolf would be against light conversation; it would be totally distracting and ruin their hunt. So if you attend a event where the Pros are already on duty, you should be looking around for people that look disconnected, alone, or just out of place and engaging them with a smile and a friendly comment. The upside of this security through noise and connectivity is you have the potential to prevent a wrongdoing without even knowing it. The downside to this is you may meet somebody that you really don't agree with and isn't fun to talk to. Think of how happy the Pros would be to have between 20,000 and 75,000 motivated and unpaid volunteers helping with security. I think this would also inadvertently fit with the Obama plan for strengthening communities; talking to strangers improves a community (don't tell children I said that). If you think this is a good idea, feel free to send it to those you think should read it but haven't gotten it yet.
Sincerely,Michael Ruppaka:WNYmathGuy
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