For a taster, you might like my short story, Whipping Sunday:I'm another who prefers whipping over the cross - one is pretty final after all, while the other can be used much more flexibly. For some slaves or criminals it's a normal part of life, the cost of doing business - for others it's an unimaginable torment. (Much as we men can't get how women can be so casual about bleeding on a regular basis.) And of course there are a lot more settings and variations too, up to and including lethal.
Whipping Sunday
well here's a (rather stark) account of one stroppy teenage daughter's experience Whipping Sunday When you're going to be punished, you just get a letter – well, your parents get one – just a plain brown envelope from the Police HQ, "to the parent or guardian of ....". It tells where you...
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