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Post by kevinharrell on Jul 4, 2016 17:39:07 GMT -5
Which punishment is more macho? Keel Hauling  Forty Lashes  |
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Post by flyangler on Jul 4, 2016 17:54:15 GMT -5
Keel Hauling , you can probably survive 40 lashes  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 4, 2016 20:28:08 GMT -5
I'd guess "keel hauling" since from what I've heard, the process of dragging the victim along the barnacle-encrusted keel shreds the guy like a cheese grater. Somewhere between bow and stern, he's bound to shriek out in agony, inhaling enough seawater to (mercifully) drown. In old time mariner folklore keel hauling was usually considered an execution, and a particularly grisly one at that... Although SOME victims did survive... but in pretty sorry shape no doubt.
"Forty lashes" is mighty macho-rough too, but many (though certainly not all) victims did survive. It likely depended on the instrument of torture used. A bull-whip is devastating to tissue and muscle (same vicious principle as the classic police "rubber hose" treatment) but the same whip, or a "cat o' nine-tails" with shards of glass, metal or bone at the tips of the flails often rips the victim open, exposing, and tearing out organs, ribs, etc. 40 lashes of this type are not likely to be survivable.
Related subject... Anybody out there ever been kicked HARD by a cretin in biker-boots, then by a snot-nosed twerp in sneakers? The steel-toed boot does a lot of damage, BUT the doggone rubber sneaker tears muscle and tendons deep below the skin and virtually never heals.
Dang! I hate it when THAT happens... LOL!Both are great examples of man's inhumanity to man, and as such, I suppose, pretty macho. Still, keel hauling is probably slightly worse, or, more macho...
The shenanigans going on around the world today DO remind one of just WHY such punishments were devised.Many of my younger friends think we should release balloons... Most of my gray-haired pals think we should release cold steel and hot lead. As an experienced warrior once said: "...Anybody who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has never come up against a sword...". Food for thought... Any votes for WHO we should keel haul THIS week?... LOL  Leo (still "haulin' keel" on the old mouse) in Texas
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 4, 2016 20:39:14 GMT -5
Making a living o'er the briney deep is macho, regardless of the punishment received.
I watched one movie where the captain punished an insubordinate sailor by "Nailing his foot to the deck". Ouch!
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 5, 2016 5:21:57 GMT -5
A young man who used to go to my church is serving in the Navy on a battleship. He helps run the engine room. When he was back on leave, he asked me if it worries me that 18-20 year olds are running what's basically a nuclear plant. My answer--"It does now!"
But I guess these boys turn into men pretty fast. So I'll go with the sea being a macho-environment. So keel hauling over whippin'.
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Post by kevinharrell on Jul 5, 2016 18:46:10 GMT -5
A young man who used to go to my church is serving in the Navy on a battleship. He helps run the engine room. When he was back on leave, he asked me if it worries me that 18-20 year olds are running what's basically a nuclear plant. My answer--"It does now!" Don't worry Kat, I am sure that they have adult supervision. |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 6, 2016 6:15:57 GMT -5
Don't worry Kat, I am sure that they have adult supervision. By who, a 21-y.o.?  |
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Post by kevinharrell on Jul 6, 2016 18:51:57 GMT -5
Maybe a little older, say 23 or 24.
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 6, 2016 22:02:32 GMT -5
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