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Connor Jennings's avatar

Holy shit that Snl clip hahahahah

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Tim Duffy's avatar

Robin Hanson has also made comparisons between jail and corporal punishment, which is where I first heard the idea. I generally agree with your comments on it. https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/all-big-punishment-is-cruelhtml

I'm not sure why public beatings would feel all that more sudden though. If they still only follow the conviction of a crime, they would happen about when the start of a jail sentence would happen.

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