From Australia’s ABC News, Indigenous leaders urge recognition of traditional punishments: Senior Indigenous people in the Northern Territory have called on the Prime Minister to officially recognise their customary laws including traditional punishments such as spearing. Apparently our Western culture’s methods of punishment, namely jail time, is insufficient — relative to traditions, it seems unsatisfactory [...]
Categories: Worldviews
Tags: Australia · Justice · Meaning · Punishment
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