Rejected petition Bring back 'The Birch'

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The loutish behaviour of individuals, shown on all the media reports, including football hooliganism, excessive drinking and anti-social behaviour, requires severe punishment to prevent re-occurence.
To that end, I feel strongly that, were the above form of corporal punishment be re-introduced, then the occurence of these crimes would be somewhat reduced.

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Date submitted 7 August 2011
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