Posted on 07/30/2016 5:45:22 AM PDT by Kaslin
The state of Delaware had the public whipping post until around the 50s.
I just checked Delaware Archives blog. The last whipping in Delaware was in 1952; and whipping was removed from the penal code in 1972.
Whether things have gotten better or worse SINCE then, I’ll leave to you to decide.
1972 was the year Bite Me was elected to the Senate defeating incumbent Caleb Boggs, a good Republican... The last time there were 3 patriots representing Delaware in Congress. Now there are 3 Communists and no patriots.
Wow!
I have, for many years, maintained that the punishment for vandalism should be public shaming. My proposal has the miscreant placed in a cage in a shopping mall — modern version of the town square. Nobody can physically harm him, but people can hurl insults.
Think there is a trail of bodies behind the Clintons? We haven't seen anything.
In comparison to Hillary, the Bamster is James Madison.
LOL! Agree. He is the Clinton's lawn jockey. His claim to fame is riding her Trojan horse, Hillarycare, to the finish line.
He affirms her action/agenda.
chicken/egg
eunuch
She’s the matriarch of those boys, those dysfunctional deviants, Billy and Barry…drones of the queen bee…members of her hive.
I’m not with her…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWaJyysEA10
Your cage idea would be a variation of the stocks or the pillory. The stocks held the perp by the feet, with the perp seated on the pavement or public platfrom; while the pillory held the neck and wrists while the perp stood.
A side issue to the public shame of being in one of those restraints, was the fact of passers-by stopping to hurl insults upon the perp, or slap him, or otherwise register their disapproval and condemnation, including physical assault in some form. Dousing with water was a mild one.
I remember reading in American History classes that the perp would sometimes experience bodily injuries during his time in public restraints. This was very effective in convincing the perp that he never wanted to do anything to get himself into that sort of punishment again.
One of the problems with today’s society is that from infancy, children rarely receive corporal punishment at home; and never at school. The little snowflakes are sheltered from any hint of disapproval or shame. Nobody loses. Everybody gets a trophy.
Egos are constantly massaged. And when they reach adulthood, if they don’t feel like working for a living, they go on welfare...or go into crime....or both.
And the next step up from that? Illegals coming across the border do not get far before someone from welfare meets them and coaches them in accessing all the public largesse; stuff that legal citizens are denied. Vote buying, mostly by democRATS.
Come on TRUMP / PENCE!
To put a proper lid on this discussion, which has swerved from public shaming in days of yore; to public coddling, aiding and abetting of illegals to buy votes. Do yourself a favor, go to your favorite search engine, and into the search window type this:
illegal alien welfare poem
A page will jump up purportedly showing a poem written by an illegal alien welfare bum, praising the benefits of border crashing into the USA. I first saw this poem at least 20 years ago; and things have certainly gotten worse....for those who work and pay taxes. It starts off like this:
I cross river
poor and broke....
Lawn jockey. Ouch!
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