The alternative is that everyone knows that brutal reprisal for thottery is on the menu so *doesn't test it* You have to inflict the brutal reprisal when the system is weak and not believed in Grasp the nettle
Go back and reread >If the choice is between this and Tinder, then I'd say the Iranians choose wisely Tinder is civilization ending. Iran giving the lash for a questionable violation of a questionable rule isn't.