Bring Back the Stocks!
In this Thanksgiving season, it is perhaps time to bring back a Puritan tradition: the stocks. They could be constructed on the Town Hall lawn, and public officials who disgraced their offices could be confined in them for as long as seemed fitting.
In the seventeenth century, there was no Facebook or Twitter where photos could be posted, but today’s technology could provide a far-reaching and permanent record of their shame.
Beth Luey, Fairhaven
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