He who punishes and is punished
Through many discussions we have acnowledge a fact. The act of punishment can vary in intensity and in time. Not all punishment has to be reciprocal. The punishee or the punisher can decide to vary their interaction in mode and duration as well as reaction. Of course different people and situations will do things in different ways. But the reaction does not have to be proportional. The best acts of social punishment only require a few words to just have the oder person blow up and completely loose it. Of course that can harm. And that harm that you suply will hurt you too. Only if you are sure it was for the best possible course of action should social punishment be used.
It is a fine art that one of punishing there are no rules to its application just some guidelines which have to be understood by the practioners. most of the times punishment comes from the inside when of guard and the actual fact of punishment is only analised as such later. I think this is mainly because to plan knowingly that you are going to hurt someone may make you feel far worse than the situation you are in.
This are just some thoughts jotted as i am about to embark on another work of social punishment, yet my ass is the one on the line... and that is where art is at its best.
3 Comments:
original conversation follows:
>>> Pero como todo castigo es reciproco cf. ahí arriba.
>> Tambien es continuo. Uno es castigado por las circunstancias constantemente, de manera interrumpida.
> cierto o que gran seria el poder definir el castigo como una señal... que potito quedaría el articulo.
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>> Creo que nos hace falta un concepto más en el castigo.... es el hecho de que la reciprocidad del castigo no tiene por que ser instantánea. Entre el ser castigado y el castigar puede pasar un tiempo. El mecanismo no es instantáneo. Parece que no tiene que ver con lo de ser la mula, pero ser la mula es ser castigado, ese castigo solo funciona en un sentido. Te castigan a ti y después les castigas a todos.
> Estoy de acuerdo contigo. Me parece una sabia constatacion.
original conversation follows:
>>>> Ahora que lo pienso, la reciprocidad del castigo tampoco tiene por que ser completa. Alice puede castigar mas a Bob, que lo que Bob castiga a Alice. El castigo es asimetrico no solo en el tiempo sino tambien en la intensidad.
>>> Bonita teoria. Y si el castigo fluctua en tiempo e intensidad, se puede ver como una señal?
>> Seguramente.
> Ni te digo.
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