Bring Back Flogging Every civilized society makes laws that protect its values‚ and society expects from every single person to obey to these laws. Whenever a person from this society breaks one of those laws‚ the rulers of the society punish him or her either by putting the person behind bars‚ whipping him or her‚ or exiling the person. A great debate has been raging since human society started. Some say that depriving a wrongdoer from his or her freedom is the best way to deter him or her from
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Bring Back Flogging This Bring Back Flogging essay seems to hit a real strong point in the fact that prisons are over populated and it costs so much to take care of each and every one of them. The most outstanding question is‚ should we bring back flogging? The answer is so complex and complicated that no one person can come up with the best answer. Some seem to think that flogging should be brought back in some form because we could better control the prison systems and the overpopulation problem
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Bring Back Flogging This essay by Jeff Jacoby illustrates an authors use of ironic sarcasm otherwise known as satire to defend and illustrate his platform on his position. Jacoby uses in this essay verbal irony (persuasion in the form of ridicule). In the irony of this sort there is a contrast between what is said and what is meant. Jacoby ’s claim in simple is he believes that flogging should be brought back to replace the more standard conventional method of the imprisonment of violent
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Bring Back Flogging by Jeff Jacoby advocates the restoring of the ancient Puritan penalty for crimes to some extent. Via the sentence “Now we practice a more enlightened‚ more humane way of disciplining wrongdoers: We lock them up in cages”‚ the author pointed out the unwise in the application of the all-purposed penalty-imprisonment in an ironic tone. By wording with statistic and citations‚ the author revealed the plight faced by the present imprisonment penalty: imprisonment is an all-purposed
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“Bring Back Flogging” Response Paper In Jeff Jacoby’s essay‚ “Bring Back Flogging‚” he strongly reveals his opinions and beliefs on corporal punishment. Jacoby illustrates the use of verbal irony and sarcasm. He applies verbal irony and sarcasm in such a way that by reading what is written is easily understood to interpret what he really means. Jacoby describes what flogging is‚ how it was helpful‚ and argues that flogging needs to be brought back to our society. After reading Jacoby’s argument
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In the essay “Bring Back Flogging‚” the author Jeff Jacoby discusses the flaws of imprisonment‚ today’s punishment for criminals. Published in the Boston Globe in 1997‚ the essay’s purpose was not only to address the problems of locking up criminals‚ but also to suggest a hypothetical solution or alternative to a prison sentence. In order to completely understand Jacoby’s essay‚ “Bringing Back Flogging‚” it is essential to analyze his thesis‚ purpose‚ methods or strategies‚ and persona beforehand
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Should Flogging Be brought Back? Jeff Jacoby a columnist for the Boston Globe published an essay “Bring Back Flogging”‚ on the op-ed page on February 20‚ 1997. Jacoby states that flogging people is better than “Locking them up in cages.” (para. 4) He goes on to say that flogging will teach people moral and educational values‚ while “Prison is a graduate school of criminal studies.” (para. 7) In the seventeenth century flogging was very famous among the Boston’s Puritans
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Should We Bring Back Flogging? In the article “Bring Back Flogging”‚ Jeff Jacoby talks about why he feels that flogging should be brought back into the court system. He gives enough facts to peek the interest of a person to look into bringing back this form of punishment for crimes that are not as severe as murder. His argument is that our justice system chooses to incarcerate one-time offenders instead of other forms of punishment and it is costing the states government a lot of money and
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Should the American Government Bring Back Flogging? In his article “Bring Back Flogging‚” Jeff Jacoby advocates flogging as an excellent means of corporal punishment. Even though flogging has been “out of fashion for at least 150 years” he insists that flogging should be brought back to replace the more conventional method of imprisonment (193). In addition‚ Jacoby is convinced that flogging offenders after their first conviction can deter them from going into a professional criminal career
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Taylor Keith Professor Allegre English 103 17 February‚ 2013 Cruel and Inhumane Punishment In his essay‚ “Bring Back Flogging‚” Jeff Jacoby‚ believes that criminals who commit crimes should be flogged publically instead of being thrown in prison. Jacoby believes that prison has become society’s punishment for almost every offense in the criminal code. He insisted instead of putting people in prison for minor offences‚ he believes that they should be flogged publically to teach them a lesson. Jacoby
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