There's some conflation between punishment and mockery going on. There's plenty of human behavior which should not be punished but generates mockery. Conversely some things that deserve punishment are beyond mockery. Mockery isn't really punishment but an expression of opinion.
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Mockery can have an element of social sanction but not necessarily so --its often about the shock of the unexpected. The classic pie-in-the-face isn't about social sanction but something more primordial (the disruption of norms).
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There's also mockery of the more powerful when they are shown to be doing something ridiculous. If you want to stretch it, you can say it's punishment but really I think there is more at work.
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