They call castration barbaric and feel that it gives the public a false sense of security by playing to people's desire for an easy solution to a complex problem, .

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The American public was lulled into a false sense of security regarding the big banks because they reported, in some cases, positive earnings last quarter, Kramer says.

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It is stories like these which feed a sense of admiration among a public which has been watching the gradual handover of security responsibilities to the ANA with some scepticism.

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