To: Cyrus the Great
100 lashes sounds like it could be a death sentence.
9 posted on
02/24/2005 2:05:18 PM PST by
katnip
(Starving sick people to death is immoral and Un-American)
To: katnip
100 lashes sounds like it could be a death sentence.Absolutely. Coporal punishment in the British Navy was 12-36 lashes on the average with a "Cat-O-9-Tails" (per the history channel.) Depending on the implement it very well could be a death sentence.
50 posted on
02/25/2005 4:41:49 AM PST by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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