My kind of Mayor

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:14 pm

From Associated Press:

RENO, Nev. - 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.”

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:16 pm

Of course it would take care of the problem. If they don't have a thumb, they can't hold the spray can properly. Duh........... :dunno:

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:22 pm

sounds good to me

I also support the death penalty for parking violations

Post by **Gidan** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:43 pm

Of course you would have to then support them for the rest of their lives but sure sounds like a fair trade to me.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:43 pm

Why support them? That should be part of their punishment.

10sun · Post by **10sun** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:45 pm

You can hold a can of spray paint just fine without a thumb provided your hands are large enough. Getting rid of their index finger would be a much better punishment.

Post by **Gidan** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:45 pm

Well I guess you could let them die since work would be all but impossible for them. So 3 cheers for death sentence for graffiti.

Goose_Man · Post by **Goose_Man** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:46 pm

My heart bleeds...

Post by **Gidan** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:53 pm

Why stop there then. Do the same for littering. Think of all the people who no longer have thumbs.

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:55 pm

I can go as far as death sentence for sexual predators...

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:05 pm

Way to be overdramatic, Gidan

Post by **Lueyen** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:06 pm

kaharthemad wrote:I can go as far as death sentence for sexual predators...

Maeya · Post by **Maeya** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:08 pm

Gidan wrote:Well I guess you could let them die since work would be all but impossible for them. So 3 cheers for death sentence for graffiti.

Not true. People are born with deformed hands, without hands, or without arms altogether and they get by. I saw a show about one lady who was born without arms and she used her feet for everything. They showed her slicing a tomato. Crazy to watch, but she held the knife with her feet and sliced it up as efficiently as if she had used her hands.

Anyway, that's a little extreme, but they can survive without thumbs. There's a lady working in our local grocery store who has deformed hands. Instead of five fingers, she has two giagantic fingers that look like a lobster claw, and she can scan and hand change out just fine. Yeah, it may suck for them, but I guess they should've thought about that before being little shit heads and defacing property that doesn't belong to them. I don't believe cutting off their thumbs is the solution, but my point is that it doesn't automatically make them unable to work.

I do believe the best deterrent to crime is a swift and unescapable punishment. It doesn't have to be severe, it just has to be THERE. Maybe a fine or something, but punish them quickly and don't let them get away with it. The thought that they are likely to get away from it is what keeps these stupid kids committing the crime in the first place.

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:03 pm

I am all for beating children. This country would do a 180 if children and women, while we're on the subject started receiving regular beatings for their misbehavior.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:06 pm

don't forget the men that misbehave.

Jimmy Durante · Post by **Jimmy Durante** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:13 pm

captain_insano wrote:I am all for beating children. This country would do a 180 if children and women, while we're on the subject started receiving regular beatings for their misbehavior.

RL captain_insano sighting?

araby · Post by **araby** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:31 pm

that commercial is awesome.

Goose_Man · Post by **Goose_Man** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:49 pm

HAHAHA HAHAHAHA

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:19 pm

i'm so fucking excited downloading now.....

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:21 pm

Jimmy Durante wrote:
captain_insano wrote:I am all for beating children. This country would do a 180 if children and women, while we're on the subject started receiving regular beatings for their misbehavior.

RL captain_insano sighting?

basically but if I had done it I would have floated up from my chair while everyone slowed down and thecamera would have panned to my side and then I would have done a lightning fast kick right to her grill, and then things would go back to slow-mo so you could count her teeth as they flew threw the air tumble ever so gracefully before landing in a stuffy old englishwomen's tea.

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:38 am

I wanted to comment on this thread but was still too preoccupied with the two skanks getting it on in the Tampa bathroom stall.

:la: