CRUEL Flogging (i.e. Whipping)

last SG · 2007-01-27T02:21:16+00:00

I don't think so.It think it is due to a person who can't control his sexual urge in a right way.

PRP SG

It seem our distinquished judges think that imposing flogging is just a question of number of strokes.It is very easy for them to say 3, 10 or 24 strokes.Do they know what they have imposed on a person?

Of course,the more serious the offence, the more the number of stokes of floggings. But can u imagine imposing 24 strokes )the maximum allowed under the law)?If there is no limit, i think our judges may impose 100 stokes!

Since flogging is such a cruel punishment,as long as the criminal given a few strokes of cane,i believe it should be sufficient punishment for crimianls.What is the purpose of imposing large number of strokes?

For example,stepdad raped his stepdaughter twice,he was give the maximum 24 strokes of cane & 24 years of impriosnment.If there is a person raped his daughter 5 times,how many stokes of canes our judges think is needed?

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

The flogging done here does not leave any lasting damage on the person... physically at least. The skin is not usually broken but the stroke is hard enough to cause significant pain and bruising that will last for several days.

Also there is a maximum number of strokes that can be given at any single time, and a doctor is there to make sure the individual will survive.

A painful reminder not to do the same thing again. No doubt it is a harsh form of punishment, but a good reminder not to do the thing in the first place.

PRP SG

Is there no lasting scare on the buttock?

How can the skin is not usually broken?Do u mean they cane lightly?

bigmouthjoe SG

Raping a girl also bad mah, also leave scar but the rapist still do. If they no think we no think also!

CM06 SG

I hope you are treating this subject lightly.

Judges only sentence people to caning if they have commited serious offences.

Mostly i think is deal with rape and such immoral acts. There is nothing you can do to repay a woman who has been through that...Whether once or a series of times. It's a more than a mental scar.

If you think multiple caning is cruel, dont you think jailing people for more than a week is cruel too? After all you are separating criminals from going on with their way of life.

No. In my opinion, caning is an easy way out for people who are given that. Often they deserve more for the evils they did but there's little equivalent in punishment.

norm SG

Why do rapists like to rape young innocent girls? They should just go to geylang if they have sexual lust.

(human) SG

When men lose control of his thoughts, body rules the mind, he becomes worst than beasts.

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

No they use a cane that is thick rather then narrow, hence the primary effects on the human body is blunt trauma rather then laceration. In the same way, just because somebody bashes your arm with a baseball bat and does not break your skin not mean that it is less damaging then say a slash with a knife?

If you think it does not hurt can ask the people who have received it.

Hogzilla SG

The rapist will lose all their respect in the prison one. All inmates hate rapist and will attempt to rape them. So sentencing them to prison is very frightening liao, I think the caning is to help them not to kenna rape by the inmates, at least during the recovering period.

oxford mushroom SG

24 is not enough...the number of strokes allowed should be unlimited, but maximum of 24 at any one time. Can do the caning by installments.

socrates SG

Just to add, caning is particularly useful in the case of people that already have nothing by being jailed. They have lived their whole life in a jail and giving them another jail sentence fail to give a deterence effect. For example, a person on life imprisonment beats up the police in the jail. The only way of punishing them is either caning or confine in a dark room for a period of time.

PRP SG

I don’t think rape is the most evil crime.Anyway,i just use the case to show that our judges mete out flogging excessively.

PRP SG

In my view, jailing is not cruel but flogging is.

PRP SG

Why are u so cruel?Somemore u are a medical doctor.

Hogzilla SG

Any one familiar with the law, can tell me are those who committed vandalism will kenna the cane or not?

Nelstar SG

The British are the most famous for flogging their own soldiers. Fifty is considered small number during the Napolean War.

Cruel necessity, inhumane punishment.

Your call.

Laughing

(human) SG

If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of
shame.

oxford mushroom SG

Haven't you heard about Michael Fay?

oxford mushroom SG

Cruel? No, it's tough justice.

Criminals are not afraid of a lengthy jail sentence nowadays. Rather than making society pay to keep them in prison, there might be greater deterrence shortening the jail sentence and increasing the number of strokes.

norm SG

What has happen to Fay now?

Flogged victims need to sleep on their front for a few months. Cannot lie on back to sleep, as buttocks too painful and sore.