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Old 05-05-2005, 18:16   #5
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Re: dirty accy

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
Maybe we should have litter wardens like traffic wardens who could impose on the spot fines? The trouble with that idea is that a lot of the litterlouts would be too young to be able to pay.
They could make the punishment fit the crime and require them to spend, say, ten hours of public service, cleaning up all the trash! Wearing some UK equivalent to our Department of Public Works relective vests and hard hats? Even for the adult offenders (and especially for the ones who are well off) this might be more effective that a simple fine. Nothing like the threat of being seen in public paying your debt to society to help with developing more responsible behavior.

As Mark Twain said, "Man is the only animal that blushes - Or needs to." Nothing like a bit of real or potential embarassment to get folks doing the right thing!
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