# If a very severe whipping was offered instead of years of imprisonment would you take that deal? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-very-severe-whipping-was-offered-instead-of-years-of-imprisonment-would-you-take-that-deal/508195 "2009-08-29T20:37:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-very-severe-whipping-was-offered-instead-of-years-of-imprisonment-would-you-take-that-deal/508195/41 "2009-08-31T20:08:42Z")
This is similar to one of the arguments in favor of [reasonable, non-abusive] corporal punishment of children over things like grounding and loss of privileges. I’ve spoken with many adults who, as children, strongly preferred a spanking to grounding, simply because it was over with quickly instead of drawn out for days or weeks. Similarly, many people preferred to get it from their fathers rather than their mothers because with Dad it was, “Get over here!” {whack whack whack} “Now don’t do that again!”, whereas with Mom, the spanking might hurt less but you had to sit through the whole lecture about how you’re breaking her heart and how disappointed she is and how she feels like a failure as a mother and _Aaaaaaah! Just shut up and smack me already!_ ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-very-severe-whipping-was-offered-instead-of-years-of-imprisonment-would-you-take-that-deal/508195/42 "2009-08-31T20:40:28Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > This is similar to one of the arguments in favor of [reasonable, non-abusive] corporal punishment of children over things like grounding and loss of privileges. I’ve spoken with many adults who, as children, strongly preferred a spanking to grounding, simply because it was over with quickly instead of drawn out for days or weeks. My youngest came up with, No TV for 3 days? Can’t you just spank me in the morning for three days? Heh…no. Certainly not now that I know your preference! But I’m with her–Beat me up and let me go on my merry way. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-very-severe-whipping-was-offered-instead-of-years-of-imprisonment-would-you-take-that-deal/508195/43 "2009-08-31T21:43:10Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Similarly, many people preferred to get it from their fathers rather than their mothers because…whereas with Mom, the spanking might hurt less but you had to sit through the whole lecture about how you’re breaking her heart and how disappointed she is and how she feels like a failure as a mother and… …and at some point 37 hours of labour would get brought up… again. 😃 Put me down as another “let’s get on with this” opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-very-severe-whipping-was-offered-instead-of-years-of-imprisonment-would-you-take-that-deal/508195/44 "2009-08-31T22:50:58Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > And why wouldn’t the OP mind? In fact, everybody, let’s talk about dolphins. I’m sorry, I bit myself 10 times is there anything else I can do to make it up. I didn’t mean to. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-very-severe-whipping-was-offered-instead-of-years-of-imprisonment-would-you-take-that-deal/508195/45 "2009-08-31T22:53:17Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I’m sorry, I bit myself 10 times is there anything else I can do to make it up. I didn’t mean to. Well, you can take 10 lashes, or . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-very-severe-whipping-was-offered-instead-of-years-of-imprisonment-would-you-take-that-deal/508195.md?page=2)