Wait.
I'm not saying in any way that she deserves it, or shouldn't have gone there if she didn't want flogged.
People knowing there are tyrannical laws before breaking them, even if it's on purpose, doesn't make tyrannical laws all right.
( Newington, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 15:48, archived)

Oh no, it's a hideous way to punish a crime.
I agree completely there.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 15:49, archived)