i blame your country. you guys set this standard for everyone else centuries ago. it happened the most at sea. captains could not afford to have anybody fucking around and mutiny was always a constant threat. so usually what would happen was the first sailor to do or say something out of line was tied up and lashed in front of the entire crew. for some deep psychological reasons i won't begin to try to understand why, this has become a tried and true method of enforcing discipline that's proven to work.
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