Tar, feathers, and stocks.
There was a reason that these cruel punishments were put on people who engage in grievous antisocial behavior towards their fellow citizens. Some offenses are so grievous that the most just way to deal with them is public humiliation. It teaches a lesson to the offenders and serves as a stark reminder to others that cruelty to one’s fellow citizens will bring harsh punishments.
Obviously, you don’t bring out the big guns for small violations of public order and decency, and the abuse of these punishments led to their abolition. Unfortunately, the result of eliminating cruelty by the public–a very good thing–is an increase in such cruelty by those who are inclined to spit in the public’s eye.
People like this School Board, teachers, and school administrators, who bullied Middle-school girls into undressing in front of a male…
