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Originally Posted by jaysay
Agree Sue, If we brought back the birch its not so much a punishment as a deterrent, these thugs that go round mugging old ladies and think ASBOs are a badge of honour(which are going thank god) are basically cowards, if they though they were going to get 10 strokes of the birch if caught, a lot of um would think twice before offending, especially if it was a public flogging.
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Well actually no...
Having grown up in the 50's & 60's, I knew lads that could shrug off the cane, it just proved how hard they were, they wore that as a badge, just like an asbo.
Unfortunately I knew the downside of freedom of such punishment being applied, a Headmaster that waited 6 months to get revenge because I'd actually known a relevant fact and didn't back down to his all knowing adulthood, (3 across each hand as soon as he had the excuse), and also a P.E. teacher that because my Sister hadn't gone out with him on a date, started my lessons with a severe slap on the arse with a plimsoll every week.
As quick as we are to condemn the degenerates, sometimes the so called peers of society are also wrong because free range violence as a punishment is also wrong.
