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  1. September 19, 2010, 03:02 PM #1
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    Why is coporal punishment so vehemently opposed?

    It would be a great deterent for petty crime like vandalism and minor assaults. A couple of light hits on the backside. It's a more effective deterent than a prison sentence and is cheaper.
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    Sounds very paternalistic. Treating adults as if they were children...
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    Default Re: Judicial Corporal Punishment?

    How on earth are light hits on the backside more of a deterrent?


    For corporal punishment to work it would need to be brutal (I am thinking Saudi Arabia style here) or there no point. I think most people would oppose that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Azog 150 View Post
    How on earth are light hits on the backside more of a deterrent?


    For corporal punishment to work it would need to be brutal (I am thinking Saudi Arabia style here) or there no point. I think most people would oppose that.
    look at the isle of man -a few hits with a stick. They have no yobbos.

    this is only for stuff like vandalism, not theft and murder
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    Quote Originally Posted by irelandeb View Post
    look at the isle of man -a few hits with a stick. They have no yobbos.

    this is only for stuff like vandalism, not theft and murder
    That's because nobody under the age of 40 ing lives there.
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    Corporal Punishment doesn't solve anything

    prison or a community service is a humiliation
    a few whacks with a stick and you can walk out saying; "it didn't hurt cos I is hardman"

    Quote Originally Posted by irelandeb View Post
    look at the isle of man -a few hits with a stick. They have no yobbos.

    this is only for stuff like vandalism, not theft and murder
    Mann abolished corporal punishment in 1976...
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    Default Re: Judicial Corporal Punishment?

    Only cat o nine tails would be effective, and gruesome. Would womem get lighter sentences I wonder?
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    Default Re: Judicial Corporal Punishment?

    im more in favor of death, if you knew that you would get shot if you committed a crime you wouldnt do it
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    Default Re: Judicial Corporal Punishment?

    Because if taken to the last consecuences corporal punishment leads to ''an eye for an eye''.

    And... ''an eye for an eye, everyone will go blind''

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