Posted By:
bruce DorskindAnd It Needs To Tough, Severe and Costly
While some wil argue that ultra severe penalities do not deter the evil
from committing crimes, I would argue to the contrary.
Selling a false painting, restoring rare antique furniture and
presenting said piece as an original are crimes punishable
by severe fines and jail time.
We are far far too liberal in this country in our treatment of
criminals. I would like a private funded army of secret shoppers whose
express purpose was to go to questionable dealers and card doctors
and catch them in their evil acts. The work should be coordinated
with the police, secretly video-recorded. Once these crooks
are brought to trial we can file briefs supporting the case.
We also should blast their pictures in every industry trade publication
and web site... they should be treated with the same dignity and
respect as rapists, terrorists and child molestors.
In fact, I think we should establish a $500,000 reward fun for
the arrest, convinction and imprissonment of these sold
called card doctors.
We can also destroy the business of any auction house which
knowingly employs said staff. Auction houses have to be licensed by
the state and we can sue to have their license revoked for aiding
in the creation of fake material. We can inform all the major insurance
companies..they in turn can refuse to insure items sold by these
auction houses of ill repute.
This problem can inflict grave damage on the hobby and the best way
to end the plague is to eradicate it is as quickly as possible.
Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List