RENO, Nevada (AP) -- The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested that people who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television.
"In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes," Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday on the TV show "Nevada Newsmakers."
Goodman said the city has a beautiful highway landscaping project and "these punks come along and deface it."
"I'm saying maybe you put them on TV and cut off a thumb," the mayor said. "That may be the right thing to do."
Goodman also suggested whippings should be brought back for children who get into trouble.
Another panelist on the show, state university system regent Howard Rosenberg, said cutting off the thumbs of taggers won't solve the problem and Goodman should "use his head for something other than a hat rack."
Ya. That'll stop 'em.
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RENO, Nevada (AP) -- The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested that people who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television.
"In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes," Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday on the TV show "Nevada Newsmakers."
Goodman said the city has a beautiful highway landscaping project and "these punks come along and deface it."
"I'm saying maybe you put them on TV and cut off a thumb," the mayor said. "That may be the right thing to do."
Goodman also suggested whippings should be brought back for children who get into trouble.
Another panelist on the show, state university system regent Howard Rosenberg, said cutting off the thumbs of taggers won't solve the problem and Goodman should "use his head for something other than a hat rack."
Ya. That'll stop 'em.
I'd bet it would stop them .. I'd almost guarantee that they don't do it agian, and their buddies would think twice about doing it too.
RENO, Nevada (AP) -- The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested that people who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television.
"In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes," Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday on the TV show "Nevada Newsmakers."
Goodman said the city has a beautiful highway landscaping project and "these punks come along and deface it."
"I'm saying maybe you put them on TV and cut off a thumb," the mayor said. "That may be the right thing to do."
Goodman also suggested whippings should be brought back for children who get into trouble.
Another panelist on the show, state university system regent Howard Rosenberg, said cutting off the thumbs of taggers won't solve the problem and Goodman should "use his head for something other than a hat rack."
Ya. That'll stop 'em.
I'd bet it would stop them .. I'd almost guarantee that they don't do it agian, and their buddies would think twice about doing it too.
Off with their thumbs I say
Sounds like a great plan to me!
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acsguitar wrote:Holy crap I agree with Wveres and Madison's criminal punishment views... i need to go home I must be getting sick
me too, I am as peaceful person as you'd find But this plan sound like it'd be so effective
Not likely to be effective...first off, the perp could always use the other hand after the first offense...and after that, holding a paint can without the use of your thumbs is not that difficult (not that I have tried... )
Better off cutting off their whole hand....
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acsguitar wrote:Holy crap I agree with Wveres and Madison's criminal punishment views... i need to go home I must be getting sick
me too, I am as peaceful person as you'd find But this plan sound like it'd be so effective
Not likely to be effective...first off, the perp could always use the other hand after the first offense...and after that, holding a paint can without the use of your thumbs is not that difficult (not that I have tried... )
Better off cutting off their whole hand....
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by chadlincoln » Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:04 pm 
I'd like to see people's faces when he first said that...
But this plan sound like it'd be so effective 
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