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You are right, Caneman! Don't confuse the type of lashes that she is facing with that of a Singapore-style caning which is brutal and pretty much amounts to torture. Men are stripped naked and fasten to a whipping post then their bare buttocks are slashed to ribbons with the rattan. This type of punishment causes great pain, leaves permanent scars and can even result in death.
What Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno is going to get hardly even qualifies as a good spanking. She won't have to grin and bare it. She will be fully clothed in Syariah garb. She will not be bending over and fastened to a whipping horse. She will be kneeling in a sitting position and only the upper portion of her buttocks will be accessible for the cane. The cane itself will be a much shorter and thinner model than the ones used by civil courts. It will resemble a switch more than a cane. The person administering the punishment will not be allowed to raise the cane above his head and will not be able to take a full swing. The lashes will be more like flicks of the cane than full strokes.
The whole thing is more symbolic than punitive. Its like a ceremony designed to send a message to other Muslim beer drinkers. She will most likely feel a mild sting upon impact which will fade quite rapidly. If her skin is marked at all she should have nothing more than six thin welts that will probably heal overnight. There will be not lasting damage or very much pain inflicted, except to her dignity. Other than the fact that she had to pay $1400, she's really getting off pretty easy by Muslim standards.
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