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Re: 3 Pop Warner teams booted from WDW

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:53 pm
by hobie16
Whazzup wrote:Actually, the Japanese have bought up large chunks of island operations and are probably the majority population now.
The Japanese did buy a lot of land but their economy tanked and most of it was resold at fire sale prices.

The majority of the population in Hawaii is Asian. The majority of the Asians are Philippino.

Re: 3 Pop Warner teams booted from WDW

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:52 pm
by Randy B
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:I wouldn't think that they would handel it any differently that any other 911 system. I was referring to the googled excerpt of a book called "Married to the Mouse" (which I have heard of but never have read it) the passage is very.umm..critical of the fact that WDW "controlls" the 911 system and can "screen" the call going through to the sheriff. I guess he is trying to imply that the control is to keep bad publicity down by having disney security handle everything. I don't believe this, as the liabality outweighs any gain from not getting the law enforcement involven in a situation that requires their presence.
Also, who will respond quicker to an emergency situation. A police officer who at best is in a car outside (and probably some distance from the required location) or a security person who is already IN the building. Sure, having a LEO on the way for backup in a situation where violence or an arrest is likely is a good idea. But when you have an altercation, the quicker you can respond the less the damage to people and facilities.

Randy

Re: 3 Pop Warner teams booted from WDW

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:20 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Randy B wrote:Also, who will respond quicker to an emergency situation. A police officer who at best is in a car outside (and probably some distance from the required location) or a security person who is already IN the building. Sure, having a LEO on the way for backup in a situation where violence or an arrest is likely is a good idea. But when you have an altercation, the quicker you can respond the less the damage to people and facilities.

Randy
Absolutely!! And I would guess that the MAJORITY of the calls are medical/accident related, and very few LEO, other than as a follow up to arrest, interrograte etc.

Re: 3 Pop Warner teams booted from WDW

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:13 pm
by Whazzup
hobie16 wrote:The Japanese did buy a lot of land but their economy tanked and most of it was resold at fire sale prices.

The majority of the population in Hawaii is Asian. The majority of the Asians are Philippino.
Interesting. Thanks Hobie.