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A bit off-topic but following similarity is noteworthy:

From this article:

>>> They were both to be “whipped at the public whipping post 20 stripes each.”

This was year 1742.

From the web (http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/raif-badawi-to-be-p...)

>>>HE IS brought before the crowd and whipped relentlessly 50 times with a long, hard cane.

This is year 2015.

But you can notice the similarity in punishments.

We need to understand that society in every country evolves over time at its own pace. This evolution can take centuries of time in some cases because societies has to understand and readjust peacefully as much as they can.

I guess American political leadership needs to understand and remember these parts of their history before pointing out and shaming/preaching other countries on human rights,intolerance...etc.



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