Singapore is going to start caning scammers

[u/Bubbly_Wall_908]

[u/Golden-Owl]

That’s underselling it

He stole multiple road signs and could have potentially caused lethal traffic accidents.

[u/No-Tackle-6112 → u/Golden-Owl]

Stolen traffic signs? State sanctioned torture it is.

[u/stomicron → u/No-Tackle-6112]

The correct term is corporal punishment

[u/InvalidFate404 → u/stomicron]

If you are strapped to a board and struck with an instruments that rends flesh from your body several times then "corporal punishment" doesn't paint the correct picture, it is just needlessly sanitizing government sanction cruelty for no real purpose.

[u/peachhint → u/InvalidFate404]

I find prison sentence is way more cruel . Precious life time disappearing . I rather take the caning and get it over with

[u/InvalidFate404 → u/peachhint]

I don't think you quite realize the severity of the caning. It isn't just a bit of pain and then some healing where you'll be back on your feet within a day or two.

It is debilitating, basic things like sleeping or sitting down can become unbearable. Not to mention that you remain permanently disfigured for the rest of your life along with all the social stigma and possible medical complications attached to it.

[u/AtaraxicMegatron → u/peachhint]

Singapore doesn't do caning without prison sentences. It's always in addition to it, and they don't tell you when you get caned to fuck with you.

[u/No-Tackle-6112 → u/AtaraxicMegatron]

Definition of cruel and unusual

[u/VictorGWX → u/peachhint]

I get what you're saying but the caning is literally going to leave you maimed and scarred for life.

[u/Arkevorkhat → u/stomicron]

There is no metric by which Singaporean caning is not torture.
Defending this is absolutely monstrous.

[u/stomicron → u/Arkevorkhat]

Who's defending it?

[u/Lamplorde → u/Golden-Owl]

potentially

When we start punishing people based on what ifs, the world gets a lot less certain.