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 (above) 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.
In a related story, the Outdoor Life Network has won the rights to televise the thumb removals. Children flogging, however, is due to appear on ESPN Classic.
I hope OLN is able to get a cleaner feed than they’ve been getting for the NHL. Thumbs are even smaller than pucks.