> Why is a fine violent, but repeated deliberate public humiliation not? A fine is enforced with the threat of violence. Knowing that someone somewhere is lau

> Why is a fine violent, but repeated deliberate public humiliation not? A fine is enforced with the threat of violence. Knowing that someone somewhere is laughing at one is not, in fact, violence. It takes two to humiliate: one to mock, and one to accept the mockery.