I'll bet there would be a lot less repeat offenders.
Starship Troopers gets me thinking about the fundamental decay of society and how we are failing as a nation. Corporal punishment seems like a good start.
I bet it would work ... but I also bet it would never fly because the ACLU would get a Federal judge to stop it. The 'cruel and unusual punishment' clause in the Constitution.
I'd have to think about it but in theory probably if thats what you want to choose then its your choice.
Can't you look at Singapore to answer this question?
Singapore is not the USA. A homogeneous society would react much differently than this shit pot we have of browns and blacks
Are you a masochist? This post makes you seem like one, even if you aren't.
Why? A civilized society enforces the rules. Chopping off a thieves hand does not deter them from crime it encourages them as they are ostracized by the community. Lashes hurt and stay in a persons mind. Plus most people see a person being whipped encourages them not to fuck up.
The catch and release system we have here in Hawaii had me thinking about this recently. We have an extremely high property crime rate. Steal 30 cars, they're out in a month doing it again. I'll bet if they had public lashing or caning our property crime would go way down.
As to cruel and unusual, I think it's more cruel to the victims when the punishment is no deterrent to the crime. If we were using corporal punishment regularly, it couldn't be called unusual.
Why is the law not enforced in Hawaii? public shame is also a component of corporal punishment.
A civilized society enforces the rules
And it enforces the rules in a civilized manner. It doesn't fall down to the inhumane methods the offender used, because it accepts some moral standards a civil, society accepts as a whole. Corporal and capital punishments are uncivilized and only uncivilized nations allow that.
Please explain how a civilized society should deal with them? Rehabilitation? What is your alternative?
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