Consider police officers whose superiors turn a blind eye to their illegal use of torture, but who do not, and could not, cover-up the murder of those tortured; the infliction of pain in police cells can be kept secret, but not the existence of dead bodies.
In this conception, South-wood Smith maintained, punishment was "the infliction of pain, in consequence of the neglect or violation of duty".
To divest his understanding of such vengeful associations, Southwood Smith defined divine punishment as "the infliction of pain, in consequence of the neglect or violation of duty WITH A VIEW TO CORRECT THE EVIL".
Murmelstein wrote with an extraordinary sense of detail that, in its unfolding of cruel inflictions in the slightest interaction, embodies a finely contained fury.
The book says that John Paul, who died in 2005, engaged in a practice known as mortification, the self-infliction of pain in order to feel closer to God, whipping himself with a belt that he kept in his closet.
As much as these people don't care for the Persian version of Islam, aside from the obvious schismatic-historical reasons, there's just way too much solemnity, sorrow, and self-infliction of pain in Persian Shiite Islam for the sensualism and materialism of the Arab world to handle the Arabs and the Persians are united in their hatred of Israel.
As much as these people don't care for the Persian version of Islam, aside from the obvious schismatic-historical reasons, there's just way too much solemnity, sorrow and self-infliction of pain in Persian Shiite Islam for the sensualism and materialism of the Arab world to handle – the Arabs and the Persians are united in their hatred of Israel.
The majority cited a United States Supreme Court precedent that prohibits "the infliction of unnecessary pain in the execution of the death sentence" and the Georgia court's own ban on "the purposeless and needless imposition of pain and suffering".
The level and extent of sadistic violence may vary considerably, from infliction of mild pain in otherwise harmless love play to extreme brutality, sometimes leading to serious injury or death.
