On Crime & Punishment
published on Mon. Jun. 25th, '07 by Swami Atma
the cage of fame
Three months ago, during my stay in Slovakia I took this photo. It's called the 'cage of fame'. Back in the medieval times, when somebody would commit a petty crime, they would be displayed in the cage which is located in the middle of the village square.
The idea was to shame the fellow into not doing it again. At first my reaction was to think that was very barbaric and a sign of the middle ages.
This could not happen nowadays of course, especially in developed countries. Or could it?
modern day version
The opinions about this modern version vary greatly. Some think this is a very cruel punishment while others think that doing this for 4 hours is a good deal to avoid a 60-day jail sentence.
Of course it takes a whole other dimension when a whole of people such as myself report it on their blog and you end up on the Internet for ever. :-(
Here is another take on it in this; the humoristic version the 'shame as a punishment.
This being the internet I'm not sure whether this is for real or this is staged but it's funny either way.
Here it's fitting to finish with an uplifting sentence. That's one we would encourage heartily!!!
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