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TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)
23. Let's examine the logic of what you are saying
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 07:56 PM
Dec 2012

If you drove by a totally dark house and saw a guy with a flash light on the outside trying to get in (because only the very skilled can pick a lock without seeing what they are doing) would you figure that the house was being broken into or.....what?

Muggings same thing. Studies suggest muggers pick victims based on body language. Can't see body language if everybody is in the dark.

Street lights and "safety" lights allow burglars and muggers an easy way to spot targets. We have never had safety lights in our yard. They are worse than pointless.

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creepy cool FirstLight Dec 2012 #1
Cool. It would be almost that good with some sensible restrictions. Deep13 Dec 2012 #2
Now THAT is pretty damned cool! arcane1 Dec 2012 #3
amazing. roguevalley Dec 2012 #29
Perhaps, if you had eyes the size of dinner plates. TheMadMonk Dec 2012 #4
Second that. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #5
It's obviously a composite. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #11
There is no place in the continental US free of light polution RomneyLies Dec 2012 #15
As an amateur Astronomer, I've been saddened by the amount of light pollution .... BlueJazz Dec 2012 #6
Sound pollution is even worse IMO. Sorry to sidetrack. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #34
I was in NYC during the last blackout (2003) DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #7
I never thought of that. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #8
I'll never forget seeing the stars in Arizona when we were UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #9
Having been born in 1944, one of the saddest changes enough Dec 2012 #10
I remember Liberalagogo Dec 2012 #12
light is only one thing that obscures the sky, moisture does too CreekDog Dec 2012 #19
I've been far out in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic in the middle of the night on couldless Incitatus Dec 2012 #13
pretty but light are needed in the city at night. Heather MC Dec 2012 #14
Let's examine the logic of what you are saying TalkingDog Dec 2012 #23
I guess people enjoy not being able to see their way walking down the street at night AZ Progressive Dec 2012 #28
ok Heather MC Dec 2012 #31
It's so dark out here you walk into shit without a flashlight & the sky looks just like that. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #16
Something approaching that is possible and I don't know why it isn't being done Vox Moi Dec 2012 #17
Gorgeous. nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #18
94 Northridge quake - we stood outside and saw the stars because Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #20
I saw the sky while on the island of Moorea vanlassie Dec 2012 #21
one highlight of being out of power for 2 weeks after sandy was the night sky tk2kewl Dec 2012 #22
I just glance outside at night. LWolf Dec 2012 #24
It's what rural denizens who are often vilified by those with urban privelege enjoy nightly TransitJohn Dec 2012 #25
Top of the Beartooth Mtns postulater Dec 2012 #26
It doesn't really look like that, I've driven around the country and I know that AZ Progressive Dec 2012 #27
Love it! From a lighting and lighting controls professional Ibisa Dec 2012 #30
This is great! savebigbird Dec 2012 #32
Some great night sky photos from Utah here. bluedigger Dec 2012 #33
Phenomenal, thanks. Some definite wallpapers there. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #35
While I appreciate the sentiment and energy savings, Nikia Dec 2012 #36
25 million North Koreans already know. TheManInTheMac Dec 2012 #37
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