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by zyfo 5204 days ago
> how will order by enforced? medical emergency?

Pay for some private military contractors, doctors, and a standby helicopter. Split the cost.

EDIT: If PMC are too militant, just any lenient security company would do. I don't really see how this is a problem. Think of it as a big festival with less alcohol and run for a longer time period.
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potatolicious 5204 days ago
... I'd much, much rather be policed by pretty much any western police force as opposed to a PMC. Heck, I'd sonner submit myself to the Chinese gongan than a PMC.

IMO private military contractors are pretty much a non-answer to the problem of policing. I'd go as far as to say that PMCs are an inappropriate solution to any problem that doesn't involve lots of people getting shot.

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corin_ 5204 days ago
> Think of it as a big festival with less alcohol and run for a longer time period.

Festivals have to deal with minor security, not criminal problems. Police are still around - whether patrolling the area, or in an on-site office, or on the end of a phone call - to deal with any major problems (all the way up to rape and murder).

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