Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: re:dwi crackdowns Message-ID: <4000041@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 16:31:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.4000041 Posted: Thu Aug 8 16:31:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 01:52:09 EDT References: <3410@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-341000:hp-pcd:4000041:000:595 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Aug 8 12:31:00 1985 <<< < < When I was in Singapore in '76 or so we were told that the current penalty < for DWI was death by firing squad. Seemed a bit severe but they had very < few arrests.......hmmm < Actually that was pretty mild when compared to the punishment for convicted drug dealers. If I remember correctly it was a certain number of lashes in a public flogging with a whip of split bamboo soaked in salt water. They would give one lash every six months to give your back a chance to heal before the next one. After all the lashes were completed you were then shot. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john