Crime Prevention, Legally Brunette Style
November 6th 2006 06:10
You can forget all about capital punishment, mandatory sentencing and longer prison terms. There’s a new means of encouraging crime prevention and I like it. A lot.
Believe it or not, authorities in Aurangabad, India have decided to paint the entire town pink. Pink buildings, pink houses, pink shops, pink everything! It’s like they crept into my brain, pulled out my thoughts and sprinkled it all over the city….
You see, there has been a recent uprising in Maoist views in the town causing clashes and violent conflict between the townsfolk. So the authorities wanted to do something to ensure that everyone would keep their cool and the colour pink is, hopefully, going to do just that.
Rather than enforcing tougher penalties on those already imprisoned to deter future criminals, the people of Aurangabad are tapping into their spiritual beings and utilizing the power of the mind.
Town officials believe that the colour pink will generate positive moods and a generally pleasant environment. To use the words of Arvind Kumar Singh, a town officer, the colour pink “symbolizes good mood, soothing sight and good feelings.”
So far, most of the city has been painted and magically transformed into a vast array of fairy floss. Only 20 % of private homes are yet to be painted, but they are expected to be completed within the week.
And you know what? I think it’s going to work. When you surround yourself with beauty and goodness, all that can come out of it is more beauty and more goodness, right?
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Comment by HomerJoyce
This is amazing news. I am going to contact K.L. Almeroth, and suggest that she relocates ... it is the perfect location for her to write romance novels ...
Homer ...
Comment by Legally Brunette
My Wedding
I actually think it would do lots of people good if they moved there, not just romance writers