Flagellation

Flagellation or flogging is the act of methodically beating or whipping (Latin flagellum, "whip") the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails and the sjambok. Typically, flogging is imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly, or performed on oneself, in religious or sadomasochistic contexts.

In some circumstances the word "flogging" is used loosely to include any sort of corporal punishment, including birching and caning. However, in British legal terminology, a distinction was drawn (and still is, in one or two colonial territories) between "flogging" (with a cat-o'-nine-tails) and "whipping" (formerly with a whip, but since the early 19th century with a birch). In Britain these were both abolished in 1948.

Flogging was a common disciplinary measure in the British navy that became associated with a seaman's manly disregard for pain. Aboard ships, knittles or the cat o' nine tails was used for severe formal punishment, while a "rope's end" or "starter" was used to administer informal, on-the-spot discipline.

Dems show true colors, want Clinton to run even if indicted

Edit The Examiner 31 May 2016

In a stunning revelation, 71 percent of likely voters who identified themselves as Democrats told the Rasmussen survey, published today, that they believe Hillary Rodham Clinton should continue running for the presidency if she is indicted in connection with the use of a private e-mail server while Secretary of State. Today’s Seattle Times fact-checks some of her statements regarding the e-mail scandal ... ....

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Edit WorldNews.com 31 May 2016

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday announced his country has no plans to cede parts of the contested Kuril Islands to Japan, a China Daily report said. "We aren't doing this and we won't do this ... He also said the sanctions against Russia imposed by the United States and its allies should be seen as an opportunity to diversify the Russian economy.– WN.com, Jack Durschlag....

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In this photo provided by ABC, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, left, talks with host Jimmy Kimmel during a taping of the ABC television show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Los Angeles.

Debate That Should Have Been Shows Who’s Committed To Democracy And Who’s Committed To Backing Out

Edit WorldNews.com 31 May 2016

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingMany Americans are still disappointed over the debate that should have been between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Indeed, feathers flew over the weekend as some called the presumptive Republican presidential candidate a “chicken” and “coward” for making excuses to back out ... Sanders, for his part, immediately responded with “Game On .” ... Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) ... more democratic ... ....

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Backlash Over Killing Of Gorilla Scapegoats Mother Of Tot Who Fell Into Zoo Enclosure

Edit Inquisitr 31 May 2016

Backlash over the killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo has fanned social media anger against the mother of the tot who slipped into a restricted area where he was in danger of being mauled. At the same time, witnesses of the incident are trying to put things in perspective and calm passions against the mother’s “negligence” or the zoo’s decision that led to the shooting of a rare gorilla....

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This July 27, 2014 photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Farook, as they passed through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

U.S. Government Seeks Seizure Of Insurance Payments To San Bernardino Shooter's Family

Edit WorldNews.com 01 Jun 2016

U.S. Atty ... “We will continue to use every tool available to seek justice on behalf of the victims of the San Bernardino terrorist attacks.”Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire on San Bernardino County workers at a holiday party on Dec ... ....

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How Israel Lost Its Latest Chance for a Peace Process

Edit Information Clearing House 29 May 2016

By Bernard Avishai ... His appointment served as a climax to parallel dramas ... The first is ideological ... The second is reactionary ... Naftali Bennett, another far-right leader, demanded an end to the “festival of self-flagellation.” Herzog said, “This is what morality and responsibility sound like.” Ya’alon, for his part, who had dismissed veterans of the group Breaking the Silence as “traitors” for exposing routine violations of the I.D.F....

The importance of unhappiness

Edit NZ Herald 27 May 2016

How frigid it is as I write, swamped by my winter dressing gown, rain flagellating the window. How can it be only a day or two ago I welcomed this change for the inclement. Turned on the heat pump with a thrill. Already I feel bleak.... ....

Clinton’s Imperious Brush-Off of Email Rules

Edit Antiwar 27 May 2016

In one email to an aide, Clinton explained, “I don’t want any risk of the personal being accessible.” ... Pity the State Department spokespeople tasked with putting the best face on the IG’s stark criticism ... Worse still, for the State Department spokespeople, several of the journalists had actually read the report and noticed that its declarative prose did not square with the collective self-flagellation serving as a diversion ... “Ms....

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Edit The Guardian 26 May 2016

Whether or not she would be pleased, take-offs of the much-loved children’s books look set to follow the success of Ladybird spoofs. “We are certain Enid Blyton would have delighted in the gentle parody of her characters,” says Anne McNeil of Enid Blyton Entertainment ... Twitter ... Related ... “I call that pretty ripping,” said Julian as Anne brushed the crumbs from his pullover and flagellated herself with a willow branch for being a girl ... ....

Alejandro Aravena's Venice architecture biennale: 'We can’t forget beauty in our battles'

Edit The Guardian 26 May 2016

The Chilean architect pitches activism against starchitecture and uncovers the architect’s role in drone warefare – leaving Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano distinctly out of place. @ollywainwright ... Related ... But does it make for an engaging show, or a tedious traipse through holier-than-thou humanitarianism and architectural self-flagellation – the latest attempt to convince the public that designers have a conscience?. Twitter ... Twitter ... ....

Least stealthy assassin ever: Why was Eugene De Kock at the Franschhoek Literary Festival?

Edit Mail Guardian South Africa 20 May 2016

The Western Cape town of Franschhoek is a strange place ... “Thank you for not making beggars of our people,” the posters concluded. Um — you’re welcome, I guess ...   ... Was there a part of De Kock that hoped to be publically shamed? Was his arrival an act of self-flagellation or willful ignorance? And should I be speculating about his motives, when that places the focus on the perpetrator rather than his many victims? ... Twitter....

The Da Vinci Code rewritten for YA readers? Please spare them

Edit The Guardian 18 May 2016

Sam Jordison. I don’t know whether it’s possible to dumb down Dan Brown’s blockbuster, but it seems the publisher thinks this will win over the perfectly capable teen market. Dan Brown’s publisher has announced that this autumn it is going to release a new, abridged version of the Da Vinci Code aimed at the lucrative YA market ... Even further ... Related ... Alan Yuhas ... All books need more self-flagellating monks.) ... Really wrong ... I read it myself ... ....

A self absorbed people?

Edit Kashmir Observer 18 May 2016

BOTH the collective and the individual personalities of Kashmiris are a paradox. There is a disconnect between hospitable people. This spills on over to the social domain; again here we are n ice, social, sociable and hospitable. But the dynamic changes when it comes to the public sphere ... Consider an example ... The idiom in which this collective flagellation is articulated is moral, ethical and other related themes ... Consider a factual ... ....

North Port Parks & Recreation Welcomes July 4th Sponsors! (City of North Port, FL)

Edit Public Technologies 16 May 2016

(Source. City of North Port, FL). The City of North Port is gearing up for the annual Firecracker 5K race and Freedom Festival, both held on the July 4 holiday. The Parks & Recreation Division is pleased to announce that the local North Port Panera has returned as an in-kind sponsor and Flagel Pediatric & Family Medicine has signed on as a Bronze sponsor of the Firecracker 5K ... (noodl....

The 100 best nonfiction books: No 16 – Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag (1966)

Edit The Guardian 16 May 2016

The American novelist’s early essays provide the quintessential commentary on the 60s. Susan Sontag saw herself as a novelist ... In her Paris Review interview of 1994, Sontag confessed. “Writing essays has always been laborious ... Sontag’s earliest essays, nonetheless, have a heady and self-confident originality ... And always intensely varied ... “My idea of a writer ... Twitter ... a pilgrim come again, a flagellant, one more self-lacerating Puritan .” ... ....

Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool review – disintegration at home and beyond

Edit The Guardian 15 May 2016

4 / 5 stars. (Deadairspace.com/XL). @kittyempire666. Radiohead have long trafficked in existential dread and political anger, and in a wider sense of twitchy bereftness that bends to fit any number of scenarios – their very own aural shade of Yves Klein blue, maybe, just a little more bruised ... Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest ... Ful Stop, meanwhile, is six minutes of encroaching electronic menace whose lyrics self-flagellate quite mercilessly ... ....

A people at war with themselves

Edit Mail Guardian South Africa 13 May 2016

An elderly woman pulls her seven-year-old grandson across the main gravel road of the village ... Somewhere along the way, in an ancient act of juvenile protest against parental authority, the boy empties his bladder into his new pair of shorts ... Surely the explanation for such acts of self-flagellation, self-hurt and self-hate must be sought outside the boundaries of reason and deliberate calculation, even of the most malicious type....

Remarks at the 2016 Forbes Women’s Summit (US Mission to the UN - New York)

Edit Public Technologies 13 May 2016

(Source. US Mission to the UN - New York). AS DELIVERED. MOIRA FORBES. Good to see you. AMBASSADOR POWER. Nice to see you. Hi, everybody. MS. FORBES. Good morning. AMBASSADOR POWER. It's all downhill after that introduction. [Laughter .]. MS. FORBES. Doubtful, doubtful ... MS ... MS ... MS ... So I think that the biggest challenge is just to not self-flagellate but be constructive and be constantly meeting with people on the outside and thinking what more can we do....

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