I’m going to go out on a limb here, but this is one of the coolest things to happen that’s actually made it into the news for quite some time. Well, maybe the samurai sword story was pretty bad ass, but I digress.
So some dude decided it was a good idea after he got rejected to buy alcohol at a local VFW to burn their flag – the flag that was sent over from Iraq. The VFW found out who it was and gave the guy three choices: (1.) Be handed over to the police, (2.) fight man-to-man with a seasoned war veteran (probably from Iraq, Desert Storm, or Vietnam), or (3.) be duck-taped to the flag pole of the VFW whose flag he burned.
Numb nuts chose choice three and became the first man pilloried since lord knows when. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term “pillory,” it’s a medieval practice where a town passes scorn on a wrong-doer through public humiliation. Think of the stocks of “pillories” you might have come across in your wonder years when going on family vacations and such.
The dude had to sit duck taped to the flag pole with a sign around his neck for six hours. The VFW is apparently located in the middle of town so there were a lot of passerby’s that passed their judgment on this guy. This was straight out of the medieval times except they didn’t through vegetables and other stuff at him. That would’ve been amazing.
Which brings me to a brief rant: why not do this more often? Think about it. If someone did something that lands them in jail, why not put them in the pillory and let the townsfolk throw crap at them? I guarantee you that crime would go down if convicts knew they had to face the public and just had to take anything dished out at them. It’s about time for some politician to run using that as their platform. Now that’s worth voting for! Well, unless you’re the asshat that is in the pillory for the majority of the time.
Anyhow, kudos to the VFW for making this happen. I hope it catches on nationwide.
I agree wholeheartedly but unfortunately I believe this falls into “cruel and unusual” punishment, emphasis on UNUSUAL.
emphasis on AWESOME.
I am all for public stoning
Not cruel and unusual punishment. First off, how is this unusual? If it went on for centuries, it can’t be unusual. And cruel? What’s so cruel about it? Why can’t someone get a taste of their own medicine. That’s not cruel, it’s justice.
Man I need to be a super hero.
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