4. Do you agree that “public flogging and amputation may be more barbaric forms of punishment than imprisonment” (376)? Explain your answer using information from Chapman’s essay.
I agree and disagree at the same time for many reasons, it may help to show others that if you do something this is your punishment, and its not just a few years in jail, you will have to live without a body part(s). The downside however is, the same person may want revenge for disabling him or humiliating him and his family name publicly. Everyone has seen the inside of a jail, either in real life, or television, or even a movie. people know how hard it is in there, "We will get raped, I don't want to get raped" - Role Models. Jail has many positives to it, including if you go once, chances are your not going to want to be in there again for fear of it. Negatives about it, taxpayers pay for inmates to live quite comfortably in there. Public flogging or amputation will be taken harshly by some and it may affect some viewers the wrong way, and the criminal will not be looked at in a bad way, but instead the government will be seen as the bad guy. When someone see's a criminal imprisoned, we only see a bad person and do not think badly of the government, we see the government as the protector. So public flogging is seen as much more barbaric whether it works or not, its still cruel and unusual punishment, and will never happen in this country
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People make mistakes... Losing a limb over something its heartless and ridiculous to even consider as a good punishment. NO ONE, should ever have to get their arm chopped off because they stole something, maybe they really needed it...
ReplyDeleteI agree with a person having to steal food for survival, but there are others who steal for amusement and who steal for money or drugs. I do not agree with people getting amputated because I believe that jail is so much worst than getting amputated. Yes, amputation is bad, but at least you are free. Either way when you are in jail, what is the difference between having 2 arms or no arms, either way you are not free to use them as you would in the outside world, but in the outside world 1 arm is better than no arms. As far as these punishments never occurring in the US, I wouldnt be surprised if they occured during the Cold War when spying was a real big deal. CIA would have definitely done more than just keeping them locked up, and same for the Soviet Union.
ReplyDeletei dunno if i would quite agree with you, amputation wouldn't really be fair no matter what you really did. Losing a limb doesn't really help you with your punishment. prison is a better punishment them losing a piece of your body.
ReplyDeleteThis would make a good Rogerian argument as you see both sides to it and it has multiple perspectives. Proofread your work, especially your punctuation.
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