Jamaica to abolish cat o' nine tails

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....-cat-onine-tails.html

If this British colonial-era law was considered so 'degrading', why wasn't it removed from the island's statute books, the day that they gained their independence from the British?

[sandyRoe]

I don't know about Jamaica but it was a sad day when they did away with corporal punishment here in the UK. There was a time when the fear of the birch meant that violent crime was virtually unknown on our city streets.

[MarkRae]

^^ What utter nonsense! When precisely was that time...?

[rojash]

"There was a time when the fear of the birch meant that violent crime was virtually unknown on our city streets."

Was there? I don't think so.

[mccfluff]

was that before there were city streets...

or -people

[sandyRoe]

I'm sure there was a golden age when a virgin carrying a bag of gold could walk along the meanest street in the kingdom without fear of molestation.

[humbersloop]

tongue needs to be more firmly in cheek please sandy

[humbersloop]

^thank you

[Mick-Talbot]

was that before there were city streets...

or -people




lol......love it.

[jno]

very true, sandyRoe, and you could leave the front door of your Mayfair mansion unlocked while you went on holiday.

To answer the question: countries change their laws when they see fit. So Britain has removed the death penalty. Jamaica has in fact not flogged anyone for years, so they are changing the words of the law, not the practice.

[douglas9401]

That's some talent for baiting the hook you have there sandyRoe. :)

[sandyRoe]

but no harm meant :-)

[humbersloop]

//why wasn't it removed from the island's statute books, the day that they gained their independence from the British?//

perhaps because they were too busy having infernally noisy street parties, drinking rum and smoking ganja to get round to it?

[owdhamer]

Pity

[Gromit]

The laws on Corporal punishment were not necessarily about oppressing the black man. They were a way of keeping order who ever was in charge.

Birching only stopped in the Isle of Man in the late 1970s.

Most civilised countries now see prison about rehabilitation and reforming behaviour than punishment alone.

[humbersloop]

and capital punishment was only abolished in the UK in 1998 for all offences, so pretty tardy here on arson in a royal dockyard

[Jordyboy9]

Most civilised countries now see prison about rehabilitation and reforming behaviour than punishment alone. I dont think so a subject i have spoken about before the BIRCH, would not solve all our problems but it would help 87 year old grannies and grandads being mugged for their pensions how do you reform that behaviour?

[Gromit]

Dorromay71

But people did re-offend after being birched. Is there any evidence it worked?

[emmie]

sandy, fear of the birch didn't stop crime, nor would it today.

[emmie]

tongue in cheek or no..

[DTCwordfan]

Don't worry folks, we'll have the rattan here in the UK within the decade...........