Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:43:38 -0400 From: "Bosco D'Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Selma, Selma, Selma...........how long have you been a Goan cyber trekkie........kitem go......when are you going to realise that the ek-a-damn-hicks, the Pee-hedge-dee wannabees, the Em-Bee-Eh poster boyz and the dotors are always right......they are always right when they have the last word......and they must have the last word.........always.......and we must give it to them..........that is the only way they will allow for themselves to look silly!!! How else can the rest of us get a good laugh at them?? > Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:29:05 -0400 From: "Venantius Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Perhaps in your defence you have already said more than you need to have said. > So as you were compelled to find out the true nature of the word and the construct of "gated-community" -- it does not need to have a gate. The idea or physical nature of a gate now also includes electronic and other virtual devices, including the ubiquitous hidden cameras, sensors and electronic (laser) trip wires. But opinions will vary. > Mario adds: > Selma, I was sorry to see that the point you started out to make about self-contained "communities are an experiment in security and self-sufficiency," for more and more of the middle-class, and "All of middle-class morality and aspirations are based on this single premise that order can be created out of chaos.", unfortunately got blown away in the real gale you were expecting when you first wrote your essay. > Cornel, my advice to you is, "STOP DIGGING. Your hole is already deep enough":-)) > Bosco has, as usual, confused sarcasm with wisdom, whereas, as usual, Venantius has wisely tried to pour oil on this unnecessarily contentious thread. > All I know is that Selma lives in a pretty nice, airy, modern, safe community [even apparently from gales:-))], specifically designed as a comprehensive, almost self-contained community. I have no idea whether it has any overt security arrangements intended to keep out the riff ra.., ....um, undesirable elements. > While this topic has generated more heat than light, shown below is what Wikipedia describes a gated community as, and this conforms with what we, in the US, typically understand a gated community to be. > The critical criterion is "controlled access", sometimes with electronically controlled entrances that use pass-codes, sometimes with an actual security staff. > Other countries may have different ideas about what a gated community may be. > "In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community containing controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and sometimes characterised by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Gated communities usually consist of small residential streets and include various amenities. For smaller communities this may be only a park or other common area. For larger communities, it may be possible for residents to stay within the community for most day-to-day activities." > Q.E.D. >
