tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post8067726732605447851..comments2024-01-10T22:26:42.601+08:00Comments on Anything Goes!: You Selfish Lot!Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01043552434776358684noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-5653992350346249412012-03-07T11:11:22.185+08:002012-03-07T11:11:22.185+08:00Understand your concern. I have few self gated ho...Understand your concern. I have few self gated housing area here, but noticed that they open up the gate every morning and sometimes when I passed at night it is still open. Probably they close pretty late at night. And they work pretty well together, and they form a community and have rotation to round the area.Rose worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02104898697123799249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-67731227519000105562012-02-29T15:53:48.075+08:002012-02-29T15:53:48.075+08:00Urmmm, soon, soon, when I can find the time.Urmmm, soon, soon, when I can find the time.Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01043552434776358684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-7663301405307401482012-02-29T15:53:22.668+08:002012-02-29T15:53:22.668+08:00Yeah, they mostly make you take the long way round...Yeah, they mostly make you take the long way round!Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01043552434776358684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-1745565102159930742012-02-25T22:06:23.689+08:002012-02-25T22:06:23.689+08:00At least my neigbourhood is still gate free, but I...At least my neigbourhood is still gate free, but I've been to gated communities before, and it's not very convenient, especially if the GPS tells you can enter a particular lane, but it's blocked by empty drums and wood.Terra Shieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039195435967190497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-56734670578878404852012-02-24T23:13:13.313+08:002012-02-24T23:13:13.313+08:00please doooooooooooooo... can't wait to read i...please doooooooooooooo... can't wait to read it :pbooahboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08855494427481650614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-8316806413369056532012-02-24T22:38:00.857+08:002012-02-24T22:38:00.857+08:00I totally agree, half the time it's just a blo...I totally agree, half the time it's just a bloody nuisance! <br /><br />I'm pissed that sometimes I have to drive the long way round to get to one point when driving through one of these self made gated places would have been so much faster.Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01043552434776358684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-75512519471741415172012-02-24T22:36:12.510+08:002012-02-24T22:36:12.510+08:00As long as the rights of the majority are not hind...As long as the rights of the majority are not hindered, I have no issues with gated communities. I mean I myself pay for security but I have no objections to people passing by my neighbourhood.Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01043552434776358684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-47520539278171314522012-02-24T22:34:50.186+08:002012-02-24T22:34:50.186+08:00Take your time ... Maybe later I write an even lon...Take your time ... Maybe later I write an even longer post! LOL!Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01043552434776358684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-85935915793700010132012-02-24T22:34:18.712+08:002012-02-24T22:34:18.712+08:00The whole point here is how selfish people can be ...The whole point here is how selfish people can be just to safeguard their own needs.<br /><br />And I still blame the government for all this by being corrupt and using the police for their own needs instead of the needs of the people!Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01043552434776358684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-69047476690620129722012-02-24T16:30:24.414+08:002012-02-24T16:30:24.414+08:00Yes, I understand the need for security, fences an...Yes, I understand the need for security, fences and all that - only if its serving a purpose and actually stopping break-ins, etc. Not when it's posing an inconvenience to people and causing school kids to walk near main roads. <br /><br />One which I've experienced, is when you're leaving one of these gated communities and you can't find your way out coz there's no guard around!sriyanyhttp://sriyany.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-8115437131557790382012-02-24T05:06:30.006+08:002012-02-24T05:06:30.006+08:00As someone who lives in a gated community, I like ...As someone who lives in a gated community, I like the security and safety. Of course I do not live on or near public roads, so my community does not deny others rights to main streets.meleah rebeccahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116656129112106780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-56124721015877937222012-02-23T22:22:18.169+08:002012-02-23T22:22:18.169+08:00wow! i come back later...wow! i come back later...booahboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08855494427481650614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-38642519205405284652012-02-23T21:01:38.969+08:002012-02-23T21:01:38.969+08:00hi nick, i came to your blog via foongpc's blo...hi nick, i came to your blog via foongpc's blog. <br />your post illustrates how allowing some small thing in the name of security can build up into something that takes away other people's freedom. in this case, freedom to move about the neighbourhood without restrictions. <br />that is why in the uk we have rights of way. to prevent home owners and land owners from blocking access to common pathways. <br />like you, everyone thinks it is ok to fence off areas into gated communities... security lah!, so who can argue with that. <br />now u see why it is dangerous to allow a free for all. people put up fences, and gates. at first they leave it open, but sooner or later, someone will realise that it is silly to pay money to put up fences and leave gates open for any tom dick and harry to come through. so u end up your right of way is gone. <br />there is no right of way laws in your area, is there? find out and see if u can use that to force them to leave their gates unlocked. <br /><br />if there are no rights of way laws for that area, then u are f++ked. haha. <br />now u know why people here in uk are fight so strongly for the right of way. <br />personally, i am against gated communities esp where previously they are public roads. if it is a private houseing estate that is different, they can fence it off and lock the gates. but not when it is public roads maintained by the govt. <br />dont blame the govt. it is the residents who all thought security is important and start paying for private security. i think u partly contributed to it by not objecting to these private security measures. u end up paying for it even though maybe you dont have any valuable possessions in your house and burglers will ignore your house. you are paying for some rich man's security . <br /><br />there may be no way back for your area, but it might be a warning for others who are thinking of starting a private security neighbourhood watch.<br />maybe i am wrong and all this has nothing to do with neighbourhood private security... if so, i would appreciate if u would show me where i am wrong and i will stand corrected. until then, we might bear in mind the law of unintended consequences.creating my lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184796360056615446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-61391243886254633172012-02-23T16:48:05.433+08:002012-02-23T16:48:05.433+08:00Exactly. I think everyone has the rights to the ro...Exactly. I think everyone has the rights to the roads, especially us runners ... hahaha!<br /><br />Sometimes I think people are just selfish for their own needs!Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01043552434776358684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839903378804402359.post-47724405062787728922012-02-23T12:47:28.864+08:002012-02-23T12:47:28.864+08:00I too do not see why pedestrians need to be stoppe...I too do not see why pedestrians need to be stopped from using what should be public access.<br /><br />Cars and big vehicles maybe but not those on two feet! Especially if they are neighbours!linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273605189937933589noreply@blogger.com