• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I pointed this out elsewhere, but what the heck nobody minds a rerun: Nah, it’s exactly the same.

    American slave whip:

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    Iranian whipping (graphic):

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        4 days ago

        Not particularly, you couldn’t find a relevant image either (and photography was not common, even after the introduction of glass-plate photography, 160 years ago. Everyone in the modern era carries a camera in their pocket, making images like the above from modern-day Iran much easier to produce.)