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Should public whipping be brought back as a punishment for crime? For centuries, public whipping was a common punishment for crime. Starting about the late 1800's, it was condemned as "barbaric" and replaced by imprisonment. The prisons, however, are overcrowded, are training grounds for criminals, and are places where inmates are assaulted and abused. Wouldn't the lash be more effective? Should a prisoner have the option to receive a public whipping in lieu of imprisonment or in exchange for a reduction in prison time? | | It may have its place for certain crimes against persons or fixed property, and after a thoroughly allocuted plea of guilty. And then again with the application as the only penalty the first AND ONLY THE FIRST time we do this to someone: no confinement, no probation, no criminal record after the event (but only a police chief or a judge would be entitled to that info). | Should Public Whipping Be Brought Back as a Punishment for Crime? The advantages to society would be that it is quick and efficient and could eliminate the need for incarceration in many cases. The offender is given an acute, painful, and humiliating lesson that his conduct is wrong. The offender benefits as well, because he can get on with his life and the chance of something worse happening to him in prison is minimized. | | Glad to see that some of you want to go back to the dark ages. | What is a proper punishment for an adult (spanking, whipping)? I would like to know what You adults think about adults getting spanked whipped or any other type of punishment.
No I'm not talking about domestic volience i'm talking about two of more legal adults consenting to this. | | It works very well for some people, and for those people I'm all for it. For others who are not interested in trying it, I encourage open mindedness. Those for whom it doesn't work shouldn't be involved. | I think whipping should be brought back for punishment. What do you think and why? Whipping was the way we punished in Colonial US and Europe. We had less crime and more personal respect. I think it would deter a lot of crime, especially in younger people, and they would not become career criminals, but be better citizens. I know the western states were the last to use it with the except of Delaware, which had it on their books until 1972 and only last used it in 1952 for a wife beater.
People who beat, or rape, or abuse others, rather it be a male, or female, or guyren should know the whip across their bare backs. Of course, there should be a physician in attendance as there is in Thialand for those the Thialanders cane, as not ever sentenced person can deal with the full measure of there punishment. Whipping should hurt and be a deterant, not a death sentence, unless the accuse delibrately beat someone to death, than YES! Let that evil person be whipped to death as that person brutually beat someone else to death.
As a youth, I was strapped on my bare back twice for doing wrong. I hate it and it keep me straight. I never was mad at my father and loved him to the end. I was never afraid of my father and respected him. I had known in advance that I would be strapped before I did wrong, but on occassion, that did not stop me. I was not a bad guy, but as one person put it "Mr. Trouble and I did not court each other, BUT we were not strangers either." I accepted strapping as punishment and was glad I did not live in Biblical or Colonial times, were my lashes would have ripped my flesh open and I would have bled from my punishment. As an adult, however, if I was so bad as to have to be sentenced to be whipped, than Yes, I should have to bleed as part of my punishment. My badness would have earned me that.
I would like to know your opinion and before you answer, THINK, what would you like to see done to someone who beat, or abused, or raped you, or your mate, or guyren. | In short, YES, I do think lashing someone's back is a practical and reasonable punishment for many crimes.
I think I would be keen to stop short of using that method to kill someone though - if you are going to execute a criminal, just do it - no need to make a song and dance about it.
As for the folks who think the whip across the back is brutal / barbaric. A young person going into prison may VERY well end up being beaten AND raped - and when he finally comes out of prison again, may very well have lost his job, his home and possibly his family too.
Given the choice of, perhaps : 12 Months imprisonment, a sore back for a week or two. Then I would opt for a stripy back every time - at least it wouldn't need to rip my family apart.
Lastly, for those who STILL maintain it is wrong - and better to let people get assaulted, raped burned and slashed in prison, how about GIVING A CHOICE to the person about to be sentenced. Who could reasonably argue that giving someone an additional CHOICE is somehow wrong.
Perhaps some folks would TRULY far rather have their punishment dealt with, be whipped, and then released - rather than watch as their job is lost, their home is lost and family split up.
Which is the more barbaric?
Oddly enough, an "opt in" program has run in the US in recent times - it may even still run. A lot more information can be found at www.okplus.com/fedup/faq.htm If you read through, you will find that some cases HAVE already been dealt with this way in the US.
A great pity the UK doesn't try a similar product - but we pretend it is more humane to let people get assaulted in prison while their job/home and family falls apart.
Mark | Why did they take the Paddle out of Schools for Corporal Punishment? When it's obvious this works:
Siberian scientists believe that addiction to alcohol and narcotics, as well as depression, suicidal thoughts and psychosomatic diseases occur when an individual loses his or her interest in life. The absence of the will to live is caused with decreasing production of endorphins - the substance, which is known as the hormone of happiness. If a depressed individual receives a physical punishment, whipping that is, it will stir up endorphin receptors, activate the "production of happiness" and eventually remove depressive feelings. | | Law suits. | Why stonning to death or whipping for punishment? why stone to death? i wonder whats wrong with other execution types? like Lethal Injection, Electric Chair or Gas Chamber.?
im against all types of execution and so the death penalty but stoning to death just sounds a bit inhuman no offence ment. ? and about 100 lashes instead jail time???(excuse my english) | These are FORMS of punishments not principles of them , in the Quran the principle is that the punishment must fit the crime but forgiveness and reconciliation is better .
So, yes if jail time and counselling etc etc is a more effective form of punishment then why not ? Stoning to death is an ancient Jewish law brought into the fold of Islamic jurisprudence by the enemies of Islam .
There is a reason why punishments are made public and that is to control the people , to subordinate them to the State . The State has to exemplify it's brutality and power to subdue dissent and liberty . Nothing to do with Islamic values
EDIT @ Sahar : You claim that stoning to death is prescribed by the Quran , yet i see no stoning written in the quranic verses you quoted . And Oh the added details by humans in parentheses don't count, unless you're trying to change God's words because it is tantamount to altering God's words?
Thats a huge sin in Islam ya know ...are you also implying that God mistakenly left out the punishment in the Quran and we as humans know better than Him ?
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