Given the choice between five years in prison and ten brutal lashes, which would you choose?

Going to prison means losing a part of your life and everything you care for. Compared to this, flogging is just a few very painful strokes on the behind. And it’s over in a few minutes. If you had the choice, if you were given the option of staying out of jail, wouldn’t you choose to be flogged and released? Think about it: five years hard time or ten lashes on the behind?