This isn't true. It is a hell of a lot easier to rack up a high pk count with a thug than it is a binder. Yes binders annoy people more than thugs, but thugs are more deathful, period. A thug thief can miss a jack and kill whoever they were attacking all day assuming they attacked because there was a high likelyhood of them getting a kill. It's all about choosing your fights. Binders HAVE get the truss/drag off to seal a kill, and even then it's not guaranteed because the bindings fall of very quickly. Thugs on the other hand, cheap shot perma lags at 100%, you can open up with an earclap to deafen mages, and parting block works at least 1/3 of the time. Build up a dam set and you're ready to go.