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by Tsagadai 5440 days ago
Actually, arresting them is next to worthless. Does the oodles of cash spent each year pursuing, prosecuting, jailing, fining, policing and enforcing vandalism cases result in decreased vandalism? Boredom is a social problem, no amount of enforcement will reduce bored kids desire to break stuff. If anything, drawing attention to Anonymous only attracts more people to it.