On Caning in Singapore
Came across this blog entry and it made me wonder how many other misconceptions of Singapore people have…
I remember hosting several friend from overseas before and I tried to expain the concept of caning to them…How does a person describe that process?
Well, I tried to keep it light hearted so i went along the lines of…
"Well, if you’re a guy and you get convicted of certain offences like rape or something, you be sentenced with several strokes of the cane. Essentially that would mean that they’d strip you and take this long chemically-treated stick and ermm…"
and that point, i didn’t know what to say…Was "Spank" a good word to use(i was afraid of its sexual connotations)? I decided "beat" was better.
Then came another concern…I had to expain where they get beaten for fear of some misconception that our laws beat you all over like it were torture….
So i decided…
"…they’d strip you and take this long chemically-treated stick and ermm…BEAT YOUR ASS!"
Haha…someone please tell me a better way of explaining caning…
I think the problem with caning as a punishment is that what happens when people start to enjoy it.
Comment by Rod White — July 17, 2006 @ 2:55 am
Heh, i think the idea of caning as a punishment is to administer it at a level where it could never be enjoyed…I mean, could anyone really enjoy 12 or 24 strokes of it with each one splitting your skin? Ouch.
Comment by Ridzuan Ashim — July 17, 2006 @ 1:01 pm
i think splitting the skin is the least of your worries -have you seen some of those s&m sites? Anyone who likes to hang weights on their penis certainly might enjoy caning!
Comment by Rod White — July 18, 2006 @ 12:20 am
Enjoy this?
http://www.pekingduck.org/archives/000383.php
http://www.corpun.com/singfeat.htm#effects
Comment by Nobody — July 19, 2006 @ 1:58 pm