I used to think tarring and feathering was an antiquated, silly, anachronistic practice. Virtually every day now, I grow more and more to see how practical a gesture it really was, and how much we’ve lost since we abandoned its practice.
“I used to think tarring and feathering was an antiquated, silly, anachronistic practice. Virtually every day now, I grow more and more to see how practical a gesture it really was, and how much we’ve lost since we abandoned its practice.”
Not to mention more serious measures, such as public horse-whipping and, er, ‘piking’.