Littering
It’s harsh, yes… but I feel strongly about littering… having grown up with the crying Indian in the 70’s commercials… that public service announcement worked on me.
AND Woodsy Owl… Give a HOOT, Don’t Pollute!
It’s harsh, yes… but I feel strongly about littering… having grown up with the crying Indian in the 70’s commercials… that public service announcement worked on me.
AND Woodsy Owl… Give a HOOT, Don’t Pollute!
Seems a tad mild to me.
Alas, too many people take “Alice’s Restaurant” as their model — all about a guy who makes a big mess and leaves it for other people to pick up.
Harsh? Not at all.
It’s an interesting idea that Robert Heinlein brought up in his novel “Starship Troopers”. (And was reflected in the movie as well.) His theory in that society was that cruel and unusual punishment would be a better deterrent, to that future society had public flogging that could be attended by anyone, or watched on TV.
Of course, there’s always the specter of “TOO FAR” haunting societies that go that route.
Meh, they did public floggings and hangings for centuries, and it didn’t prevent crime. Mostly because criminals generally a) are really bad at the whole risk-reward assessment thing, and b) assume they won’t get caught.
Litterbugs are lazy and thoughtless.flogging’s too good for them. Maybe buried to their necks in crumpled soda cans….
Beetle… good… let the floggings commence.
Mary… sigh… too many people seem to not care…
Pete… people seem to like the publicness of public bashing… I think that’s why you have boxing and cage matches…
chug… didn’t stop Yogi… then again, he WAS smarter than the average bear… do you suppose if the Ranger had instituted flogging for stealing picnic baskets, would it have changed Yogi’s behavior?
Judy… I like this idea… crumpled soda cans, plastic bottles and McDonald’s paper bags and used containers… it draws ants.
if only we could flog the corporate ‘litterbugs’ ….
anatman… Oh, here, here! If anybody deserves flogging, it is BP… one for creating the evil Gulf Oil Spill… and two, for trying to convince us that they did a great job cleaning it up (by cramming BP PSI commercials… look at how happy LA businesses are now… and the tourists are happily playing in the surf…. NOT).
Littering loiterers, lounging about,
Beat them with sticks, and don’t mind if they shout.
If after this, they still fail to take heed,
Beat them again, and don’t mind if they bleed.
-Just a bit of dark humor.
A. Rat… I would expect nothing less from someone who goes by Attic Rat. Dark Humor appreciated.
Hear hear! Tell that to all the stupid high school kids who keep throwing their crap all over my lawn!
Wow, I really DID get old…