Posted by: ztrade
re lashing/whipping - 05/09/16 03:42 AM
Yesterday on the syfy channel there was the movie Starship troopers.
There is a scene in which a guy has made a mistake and is being punished by being lashed 10 times. Each lash drew blood.
It seemed to me as if 1) in a normal lashing or whipping, the lashes do not draw blood so quickly and obviously and 2) a more normal situation would be more strokes than 10.
Does anyone wish to agree or to correct my ignorance?
Maybe I am wrong, but I think that the producers of the film had not seen an actual lashing, but there are different degrees of severity. I just read an article in slate about the different ways that people in different countries lash . . .
There is a scene in which a guy has made a mistake and is being punished by being lashed 10 times. Each lash drew blood.
It seemed to me as if 1) in a normal lashing or whipping, the lashes do not draw blood so quickly and obviously and 2) a more normal situation would be more strokes than 10.
Does anyone wish to agree or to correct my ignorance?
Maybe I am wrong, but I think that the producers of the film had not seen an actual lashing, but there are different degrees of severity. I just read an article in slate about the different ways that people in different countries lash . . .