As a kid during our generation, punishment meant being grounded, cut of allowance, perhaps a slap on the wrist and a long lecture. Punishment for criminals are nothing less than paying fines for petty thefts, jail terms and even death sentences for capital offences. They seemed to work, right?
Apparently, such punishments don’t work in today’s society. Nowadays, for petty crimes, the way to punish people and make them feel it is by embarrassing them. It looks like in today’s world, punishments are linked to a person’s emotions. We all have our pride and self esteem, and I suppose being publicly humiliated is something we find unacceptable. While some may take them lightly and pass them on as jokes, others may find it an emotional scar to be publicly humiliated.
What do you think of such punishments? Or would you rather prefer the old school punishment of a fine and doing time behind the bars?
Some examples of shameful punishments around the world are these:
It is widely known that in Singapore, if you are caught littering, you will be issued with Corrective Work Orders (CWO) and made to pick up litter in public places.
Even law enforcers themselves are not spared shameful punishments when caught not following the rules (this move should be applauded for no one should be above the law). In Thailand, some 2 years back, it was enforced that police officers who broke rules would have to wear a hot pink Hello Kitty arm band for the day. Apparently, the cute Hello Kitty is severe punishment to a macho guy! View picture below. Can you imagine any man feeling proud wearing this?!
And then there’s also the more severe punishments like death by hanging in public in some countries. This public punishment, I feel, is not just shameful for the person being punished, it is also for the family of the person being hung. After all, the person will no longer have to face the world and the people in it, it’s the family who has to bear the shame of the crime.
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