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They should just follow America's lead, and force everyone caught urinating in public to register as a sex offender. I mean, it works here, right?

Right?

Well in America if 100 men pee up against a wall one will get shot by the homeowner fearing a break-in. So even drunk young males will say to each other "Dude don't go into that garden/alley to pee against the wall you never know if the guy in there has a gun"

> how long till a brick goes through your window as you're sleeping?

Going from answering nature's call in a somewhat uncouth, unthinking manner to outright vandalism is a bit of a leap.

I guess I'm thinking humiliated drunk young males can be problematic.

"Why did you break into my house and destroy everything in your path?"

"I tried to pee on your wall and it bounced off. So I got so mad I decided it was time to do some real damage."

> I can imagine that raising the fine to $200 and spending 1 or 2 months ticketing everybody would change behavior overnight.

Not in St. Pauli, it's Hamburg's party district, home of the Reeperbahn, so it'd be a continual stream (if you pardon the pun) of very drunk people, many of whom aren't from Hamburg, getting ticketed.

In many German cities, you're fined for peeing on public property ($50 to $200, depending on the city and the circumstances).

>spending 1 or 2 months ticketing everybody would change behavior overnight.