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xdfanatic wrote:Just curious Cain A what does a system like that run(if you don't mind me asking)? The images are pretty clear and if the price was right I think that it would be pretty practical if you live in a bad area or you were worried about your stuff outside. I have thought about it but I have always thought that my neighbors might take it as I am really paranoid or also possibly selling drugs (possibly). Then again its great to see whats going on outside without having to leave the safety of my house, and to have evidence if something were to happen.
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Why would your neighbors even know about the extent of your security system, unless you show it off to them? The system installers are just workmen doing something to your house. If your neighbors ask, you can just tell them that you're having your alarm system replaced or brought up to date. They don't have to know about all the cameras.... unless you tell them.

Besides, you know you're not selling drugs, so who cares if that's what they think. You know different, and you can prove it. On top of that, I know all of my neighbors and we get along pretty well, so they're not likely to think something like that about me anyway. Good neighborly relations can go a long way to dispelling that kind of nonsense.

Respectfully, your mistake was in going outside. I've been in your shoes and reacted the same way. Excaliber very patiently explained why my action was a crucial tactical error. You really had no way of knowing what you were walking into, or whether or not there was more of them than of you, etc., etc. I thought I was protecting my home and family when I did it, but I was really just placing myself into a tactically untenable position and creating a liability for my loved ones.

It's not that you shouldn't protect you and yours, but that you should do it from the tactically superior postion. That would have meant staying inside your home where you control the battlefield and hold the stronger position.