[thechat] The youth today... [WAS: santa question - quickie]

[John Handelaar]

On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 20:18, Madhu Menon wrote:
> Hey, remember that American teenager who spray-painted cars in Singapore?
>
> They caned his arse.
>
> Betcha he'll never vandalise cars again. :p

Actually they sentenced him to 100 lashes, where 'lashes'
== public long-rope half-inch leather whipping. Which would
have killed him.

Sentence was commuted.  But yes, apparently there are some
places where petty vandalism is a capital crime.  Fuck those
places.

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