re: #26 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

If we ban flogging, that is an insult to those who have been flogged…

Nah, it’s the usual bit about minimizing the suffering of others, so the more accurate analogy is “The people who are being flogged are a small minority compared to those us in pain from other methods of torture!” The implication being that it’s “unfair” if all you focus on is helping those being flogged.