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This week – Corporal Punishment.
Corporal punishment was the means of harsh physical punishment for those guilty of serious crimes. A kind of repayment for their actions. In our modern society it has become viewed as rather barbaric. Yet without it all types of crimes are on the rise in all parts of the world. But, it’s a delicate subject. SuperMind Saturday asks whether it could have a part to play in the future to help dissuade would-be offenders or has its time come and gone.
- Corporal punishment has existed from Early man. It was the way to control tribe members and citizens behaviours and from breaking group laws or for serious crimes. Today it is frowned on as inhuman. But it was an integral part of the civilised world for centuries. With the world an increasingly violent place, could it make a comeback to deter the out of control criminals/attackers? And in what form?
- Corporal punishment typically was a public event. This was to show the people what the price to pay for bad deeds would be. It also acted as a form of justice that all could witness. In the USA offenders have to work in public in special coloured overalls that signal who they are. Could this be expanded so that that had to wear such clothing for a set time when released?
- I’ve saved the controversial question for the middle. Common views are that CP is NOT the answer to discipline dangerous law breakers. But with every type of serious, violent, and sexual crime on the rise…what is?
- Very few realise that a form of corporal punishment has been spanking children at home by parents and in school giving naughty pupils the cane. Such practices have been outlawed now. Therefore pretty much most forms of CP have been legally abolished. Are we therefore ‘civilised’ if we eradicate any form of physical CP even in the lightest form?
- On 21st Century Earth everyone’s feelings are a key component. Society, TV, laws etc focus on people not being offended or upset by something they see, hear, or read. Corporal punishment would be a traumatic experience for the modern offender. Are we moving TOWARDS justice in this way for the future or AWAY from it and why?
That’s another SuperMind Saturday for your mind powers to work on. Thank you for being here for the SuperMind time. Keep asking yourself these through the week to open up more of your mind to evolve its potential. Consider more, generate ideas more, think on bigger possibilities more, activate your connection to your personal higher mind more and more. Employ your SuperMInd and Super Think!
See you next time for more super thinking.