MICHAEL PETER FAY
Remember him? He was the American boy that was found guilty of vandalism to vehicles while living in Singapore. (We've been to Singapore while in the military, and the city itself is immaculately clean, but notorious noted for not allowing crappola to go on). With justice, there is caning. Michael Fay was a snotty 18 year old kid who found his justice by the sting of a bamboo rod.
In this scenario, Fay and 8 of his co-horts that were arrested for vandalism caused international uproar about the crimes commited and the punishment for it. Whatever the punishment handed down, it became a philosophical argument about how we in the U.S. handle teens and how teens are handled overseas.
Here is how it was performed.

In the caning room he was stripped naked. . He bent over and his arms and legs were fastened to an H-shaped trestle by straps. . A protective covering was placed over his kidneys. . A prison official, a medical officer and the caner were the only ones present. . The caner wound up and, using his full body weight, struck with the 13mm-thick rattan rod, which had been soaked overnight to prevent it from splitting. . Each stroke on Fay's exposed buttocks came about half a minute apart. . It was over in minutes. . After the fourth and final stroke, say Singapore officials, Fay shook hands with his caner and insisted on walking back to his cell unaided. . He wanted to act like a man.
The words of his mother was: . "What this has taught me about my country," said Mrs. Chan, "is how we take everything for granted. . We have problems, but we have our freedoms. . She went on to say:
(quote) "This is tortue. . This will never be forgotten. . My son did nothing more serious than keep stolen property?
Nothing more serious than keep stolen propery??
"Hello you doorknob." Stolen Property? It's a crime to steal, and a crime to knowingly keep stolen property, or has that part of the law escaped you? . Perhaps we should allow caning in this country to prevent the rampart uncontrollable teens that seem to be tearing up this country.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? BAMBOO CANE, OR SUGAR CANE?
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