tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post5785153037235934845..comments2023-11-02T05:48:48.115-04:00Comments on GayandRight: Only 80 lashes???GayandRighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08763498369390166108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-67720801704600923182007-08-23T11:16:00.001-04:002007-08-23T11:16:00.001-04:00Kursk,the injury to the person being lashed is a s...Kursk,<BR/><BR/>the injury to the person being lashed is a <I>secondary</I> consideration in this process.<BR/><BR/>Public punishments are designed to make others <B><I>FEAR</I></B> the consequences of going against the regime - just as they were when English sailors felt the lick of the cat.<BR/><BR/>All such punishments are terrorism writ small. <BR/><BR/>Obviously, if the punishment leads occasionally to death, well so much the better - for the regime...as this possibility adds that extra <I>zest</I> to the level of brutality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-11636046998533074562007-08-23T11:16:00.000-04:002007-08-23T11:16:00.000-04:00The trauma inflicted via a cat of nine tails is qu...The trauma inflicted via a cat of nine tails is quite different than a cane, though.<BR/><BR/>The endpoints on cats were often brandished with sharp objects that bit into and tore at the flesh of the victim, often leaving the person's flesh in shreds and their body heavily exsanguinating. <BR/><BR/>The lashes of a cane, while a brutal punishment and in no way minimized, deliver much less damage to the recipient. I don't know how many cane lashes a person can withstand, but I doubt they would die after 100.<BR/><BR/>Whichever way you look at it, the method of beating is moot: the person is being publicly whipped for breaking morality laws, which is just insane.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many of Jack's beloved special interest groups understand what they advocate when they say we should negotiate with the Taliban and get the hell out of AFG?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09765394618665272203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-9528152163139251492007-08-23T09:51:00.000-04:002007-08-23T09:51:00.000-04:00For those not in the know, the British Army and Na...For those not in the know, the British Army and Navy commission in 1799 decided that the absolute limit a man could take with the cat 'o' nine tails was 100 lashes..after that, he would die from shock..you are playing a fairly dangerous game when you are 20 strokes away from taking a mans life..KURSKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286593811913745188noreply@blogger.com