well, to be fair Jag, there was a biblical instruction to leave "no stone standing upon another". so the bible is definitely a bit more flexible as to the rules of war and punishment than we are.
and Jag, just to clarify - i wouldn't REALLY condone whipping you with a bicycle chain. unless, it was cleaned and sanitized first. i wouldn't want you to get an infection. sort of like before someone gets the needle, they swab the flesh around the penetration point first... no nasty infections in OUR morgue, thank you very much.