tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post4304491745492001313..comments2023-06-22T01:52:48.682-07:00Comments on WhippingDudes: Flogging Blog-Shirtless Punishment: Empires Built With The LashWhippingDudeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17085969998759546115noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-78109303801386998112011-04-05T13:31:27.001-07:002011-04-05T13:31:27.001-07:00bring back the lash,whipping post. it would save ...bring back the lash,whipping post. it would save the country millions of $ in prison cost, plus the offender would not waste tax payers money taking up space in county jails, and or prisons. also the offender could get back to work almost immediately without losing his/her job; thereby contributing to society, and their family. hopefully saving their job & relationship. bring back the lash & help save our country.paul, aka padma pema zhanchubzangponoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-58682742399832187072011-02-15T05:08:06.505-08:002011-02-15T05:08:06.505-08:00The brutality of American "justice" hasn...The brutality of American "justice" hasn't abated with the centuries, it just changed form: from the lash of old to prisons-for-profit today.WhippingDudeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085969998759546115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-25359563700817749642011-02-12T20:36:46.631-08:002011-02-12T20:36:46.631-08:00Re-reading the excerpt from "John Adams,"...Re-reading the excerpt from "John Adams," I would think that 39 lashes of the whip, well laid across the bare back, would be sufficient to wake up the soundest sleeper, but who am I to question the opinion of George Washington, the "Father of our Country"? I am glad to know that he was a devotee of flogging as punishment, but I also note that, for many persons, a sentence of 100 lashes may have been equivalent to a death sentence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-79166958814323423292011-02-12T13:30:23.398-08:002011-02-12T13:30:23.398-08:00In David McCullough's book, "John Adams,&...In David McCullough's book, "John Adams," there is an interesting passage about John Adams's effort to draft Articles of War during the Revolutionary War. The British Articles were used as the basis, but<br /><br />"[t]he severity of punishments was increased, as [George] Washington wished. Washington though the maximum number of lashes allowed hitherto was hardly sufficient. For crimes such as drunkenness or sleeping on guard duty, Congress increased the punishment from thirty-nine lashes to a hundred lashes, and increased as well the number of crimes for which the penalty was death."<br /><br />D. McCullough, John Adams at 160 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-11933952495534758352011-02-03T18:51:48.499-08:002011-02-03T18:51:48.499-08:00Gary, I may be wrong but I am fairly sure the Amer...Gary, I may be wrong but I am fairly sure the American branches of military service discontinued the lash before the Britiish did. In fact, flogging is still on the books in the British Navy, though (duh) not actually used. But yeah, American prisons and those legendary chaingangs continued it for decades, into the 1960s at least.<br />Flogging still is practical and efficient and way cheaper than prison time. Give offending males the choice (depending on the offense--some animals need to be kept off the streets, period). We already know what the men here would choose.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714550800535622832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-19230621976712174472011-02-02T04:59:23.974-08:002011-02-02T04:59:23.974-08:00The American Empire was definitely founded on the ...The American Empire was definitely founded on the use of the lash. When the Constitution was written in 1787, the banning of cruel and unusual punishment did not prohibit the use of whipping as punishment. Throughout the 19th century, whipping was used extensively in the military, as a judicial punishment and in private businesses. Reformers in the 19th century slowly eroded the use of the lash, but the last state do abolish whipping as a punishment was in the 1950s. From the military during the Civil War to frontier towns in the West to commercial ships on the China trade routes, the whip was considered an essential tool to maintain order. It was an accepted part of life in America, even for those who received the whippings. At the time it was not a human rights issue, it was a fact of life.<br /><br />GaryGary of Milwaukeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-72131290356413674402011-02-01T11:55:58.313-08:002011-02-01T11:55:58.313-08:00Flogging was the principal punishment in earlier d...Flogging was the principal punishment in earlier days because it was practical and efficient. There were no jails, and back then, society was not tuned in to the psychological and emotional causes of crime. The object was to demonstrate to the offender, in an acute way, that his conduct was unacceptable, and provide an example to anyone who might be considering the same conduct. In many cases, the pain and humiliation of being trussed up, stripped, and lashed with a whip did the job nicely. Of course, it did not always work, but no punishment has even been a complete deterrent to crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-37724097453091709272011-02-01T07:58:23.520-08:002011-02-01T07:58:23.520-08:00It's on xtube saw it last night.It's on xtube saw it last night.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425800909659123797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-66221095429007730782011-02-01T07:08:50.065-08:002011-02-01T07:08:50.065-08:00Stuart, thanks for the encouragement. You are rig...Stuart, thanks for the encouragement. You are right that the removal of the shirt is an important "dramatic" element, and we are planning on including that in a future video. <br /><br />I was able to find a "friendly" site that has kept the first video (Shirtless Muscle Dude Gets Whipped), which included the use of the prison strap, up for weeks. But the site is not for general audiences. I will be happy to provide the URL via email: whippingdudes@yahoo.com.WhippingDudeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085969998759546115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298380911927388367.post-42289831050272027912011-02-01T00:40:21.115-08:002011-02-01T00:40:21.115-08:00I wondered if you had considered showing the priso...I wondered if you had considered showing the prisoner being told to strip to the waist, and then being tied up, as it's an integral part of the flogging.<br /><br />Any chance of reposting the prison strap video, maybe on a more friendly site.<br /><br />Thanks for a great set of videos & the blog.Stuartnoreply@blogger.com