Letters to the Editor
This letter is associated with the following article:
-
Call me old fashioned
The devices are pretty, hi-tech and ingenious. But real security comes from a well-founded belief that you can take effective measures. This sort of thing is just dependency-based self protection. Pretty, artistic, but ultimately disempowering because it places your safety in the hands of an inanimate device with no agency on your part.
If you want safety find a good self defense class. Learn to use your natural weapons - awareness, assertiveness, attitude, hands, feet, knees, elbows. Learn to use effective artificial tools if you're of a mind to.