Reply #13: As I stated above, death is NOT the intention of such lashings

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When such lashing were common in the navies of the World (the 1700s), punishment of 500 or more lashes were common. Most sailors did NOT get all 500 at once, if the Doctor present (or other medical official) said the person being lashed had had enough the lashing stopped for that day. It would be resumed on another day, but it was NOT the intention to kill anyone.

I was just pointing out that lashing when it is ordered by a Judge or other Court, when it was done in the past and today, was and is NOT intended to kill anyone. Such deaths appear in the movies then in real life (Though I must point out this rule did NOT apply to slaves, lashings of slaves was used to kill slaves, but the number of lashes was unimportant in such cases, such slaves were just lashed to death).

In lashings ordered as punishment by a court, it was NEVER intended that such lashes would end up with someone dead. The rules were designed NOT to kill a person (Unlike in slave situations where death was the intent from day one). The Punishment is the lash not death. That is what the historical records shows from the 1700s in regards to the world's navies, in the world's armies such lashing was also done under the same rules. We may find lashing barbaric, but I am just responding to a comment that 500 lashes is a death sentence. That is NOT supported by the historical records, or even recent history when it is a court ordered lashing. Given today's options as to punishment, lashings make no sense, but lets keep its harm to its proper level.