Mayor to City: Get To Snitchin'!

In the wake of recent shootings, Mayor Menino called a meeting of top public safety folks to figure out what could be done (short of spending more money, of course). Despite numerous suggestions and resulting proposals, the Herald homed in on Menino's absurd plan to confiscate "Stop Snitchin'" t-shirts from stores. While Bostonist would like to take the Globe's more measured approach and talk about everything that came out of the meeting, we know our place, and that place is snarky criticism. Unfortunately, our blogging brethren (and, really, the Herald article itself) have stolen our thunder by pointing out that Menino's anti-anti-snitching campaign is dumb. So let Bostonist focus on just one thing: In the Herald article, the Mass. Civil Liberties Union reminds the mayor of that theory first propounded by Oliver Wendell Holmes, that the answer to bad speech is not censorship, but more speech. The Globe article suggests that Menino actually has this in mind, because he's hoping to solicit pro bono work from PR firms to counter the "Stop Snitchin'" message. So what Bostonist wants to know is, what pro-snitchin' message should the city adopt? One possibility is shown above (though Bostonist might be reluctant to wear such a shirt). Others that come to mind are, "Snitchin': It's What's For Dinner" and "Loose Lips Actually Aren't So Bad For Ships." Dear readers, we would very much like to hear your suggestions.