nytimes.com— Japanese fashion designers are devising a variety of novel solutions that they hope will ease growing fears of crime.
Oct 20, 2007View in Crawl 4
As a self-defense instructor in America, I'd hardly recommend this to my clients. But the idea that this can make some people feel safer--albeit somewhere with a lower (and still dropping) crime rate--is fascinating. Once again, goes to show that perception most often has more influence than reality.
xstaticx1080Oct 21, 2007
yeah who's going to ever suspect a fire extinguisher with blue jeans?
jifactorOct 21, 2007
As a self-defense instructor in America, I'd hardly recommend this to my clients. But the idea that this can make some people feel safer--albeit somewhere with a lower (and still dropping) crime rate--is fascinating. Once again, goes to show that perception most often has more influence than reality.