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Caning is barbaric and backwards. It will never happen here in the USA. It would normalize beating people and we already have enough of that illegally via the p
by lost_tourist 3y ago
Caning is barbaric and backwards. It will never happen here in the USA. It would normalize beating people and we already have enough of that illegally via the police
- janalsncm 3y agoCaning doesn’t normalize beating people any more than fines normalize theft. Far from barbaric, it is a regulated punishment that can effectively deter repeat offenders. And if some portion of prison time were replaced with caning, it would reduce the US’ overflowing prison population. I’m sure you would agree that given how barbaric US prisons are, the less time spent there the better. And as far as I can tell most of the police beatings are irregular, not regulated, and applied without judicial prescription or medical oversight. American police beatings are also usually legal or at least decriminalized however.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoPolice in the US at least used to carry batons but I've never seen one used.