how did the puriatns punish drunkenness, idleness, and gossiping?
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While I did not live during those times to be able to say how they addressed each particular crime, I could only provide what I 'think' they may have done based on literary works and plays that were handed down from those times.\n\nOne means of punishment was "the stocks", where a person was confined so that they could be seen (and perhaps) ridiculed by others.  From literature, such as "The Scarlett Letter", it appears that the puritans, who have put people to death for crimes they considered extremely severe (in order to root out evil, as it seems to me), appeared to be more inclined to find a way to publically ridicule the people that committed lesser infractions.  Sometimes they 'branded' people or made them somehow identifiable as persons who did not follow a strict "moral" code.\n\nWhile they seemed to be their own "jury of their peers", they probably didn't have the best means of punishment, espeically in cases where those doling such out were very superstitious.
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Never having to do for themselves.  In other words not having to work or accept responsibility.  According to Carl Jung being spoiled is one of the ways in which a person develops an inferiority complex.
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judging the sins of man and being worshipped.
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Nope your right these folks committed crime and were sentenced to a term in jail. Jail is a place where you have restricted freedom and privileges. The human writes brigade think this is wrong. I think it is character building keep them swilling out there own pig pens this way they may begin to learn the advantages of not living in a prison. From there its not a great leap for them to understand what they did wrong that got them there in the first place. All while they have PlayStation's, television, three square meals, books, education, medical system better than NHS, drugs, you name it they got it where's the deterrent????
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Revenge?  No.\n\nBut being forced to pay one's dues or punished for one's actions, absolutely.
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Death.\n\nFor the 2nd Offense, it's castration over an open fire and then death.
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I do not understand your Q?\n\nBut in some private colleges there are certain rituals.\n\nThey were suppose to bond the students together, and at the same time upper class mates were able to get little enjoyment out of the misery of the other lower class mates, all that change when some of the stuff got out of hand and few students were killed.\n\nI am sure you can get more details on World Wide web and Google. You will find lots of facts and figures associated with it.
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Drunk people have loose lips, & have a habit of "spilling the beans", because they can't keep their mouth shut.\n\nWhen you want to pry info out of someone, get them drunk, & start talking about it.
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The Anti-Wanking Law of 1286.
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This form of punishment is based on the humiliation and subjugation of the offender rather than the actual pain. "Hands in the air" and kneeling are postures of submission.\n\nCheck the old western and crime/police movies and you will see submission depicted this way.
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Nothing at all.....yes they should be punished to the fullest extint of the law.  How does it look for the people who are put in place to enforce the law constantly break it and get away scott free?  This may go on but it takes courageous individuals who know of this type of inappropriate behavior to come forward and make this unsavory deeds known.  No matter what the cost....a philosopher once said....without struggle there is no success.......
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The inquisition, was ruthless in it's hunt for those who dared to defy catholism (not sure of that spellin) But what they are most famous for is their ability to question/ torture an innocent person into incrimminating themselves. Their victims were known to simply confess to the crimes they were accused in an attempt to make the questioning end. The inquisition were masters at intimidation and the twisting of words and events...that is where the saying originated from (i do believe)
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whipping, flogging, impaling and keelhauling.
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Yes that’s what they did (ie Alexandria). That mob burned all the books they didn’t like including their authors if they could find them. Fortunately some books were buried and those intellectually dishonest swine never managed to get their filthy hands on ‘em.
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castrate in public those who are found guilty, show them what they might have in store for them.
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someone who takes it upon themselves to eliminate social vices, like smoking, drinking, gambling, etc
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to make someone meek in spirit,  to lower in height, to be devoid of pride.