Latah syndrome is a cultural and psychiatric phenomenon peculiar to Malaysia-Indonesia where the affected person copies the words and actions of others. In various manifestations it is described as hysterical-dissociative or psychotic.
LAW AND ORDER: LET'S HAVE A HEATED DEBATE. Should they bring back the lash for burglars, muggers, rapists and child abusers?
Filmed in a Malaysian prison, this shows an individual getting 20 lashes (on top of a prison sentence) for rape.
It's supposed to be pretty gruesome. His backside is torn open. If I was the victim of serious crime I'd be well pleased if this happened to the offender.
WARNING don't watch if the sight of blood and gore apalls you. And be warned, the still only shows about a third of the way into it.
I tried to find a less gory one but ended up with the same one twice. The first one goes black and white for some reason, but it's less blurry.
Ukh. Well it is pretty nasty. I heard the Tory party want all this. Or they want it back in schools. Anne Widdecomebe wanted it back, I believe.
It was never done quite this viciously at school, where I only remember 3 kids getting caned. Most corporal punishment was done with paddles or shoes and caning was never done on the bare bum. Then again nobody committed rape at my school.
In my view this punishment serves the rapist right.
Please share your comments and opinions below. Should whipping be brought back for burglars and sex offenders? If someone stole my plasma screen TV I'd be delighted to see them get 20 strokes. If my daughter got raped I'd be even more pleased if the bastard who did it got soundly whipped. It's just a shame he doesn't scream more. They're obviously not beating him hard enough.
Documentary on Li Bai 李白 (aka Li Po), Tang Dynasty poet. Considered the greatest of China's golden age of lyric poets. Mandarin with Chinese (simplified) subtitles.
李白,中国最伟大的诗人。 普通话,中文字幕。
I'm studying Chinese, but I think it will be quite some time before I can follow this:
This one's more professional, but includes no English! You can pick up a lot from context... Actually it does have English ~ dur! ~ and it's very good. I speak as someone who's done classes in eight languages and this is good:
East Berlin 1990 Video shot through car window. V good considering. Shot just after the wall came down, showing the half-stylish, half-depressing DDR-half of the city.
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