This really was a blow below the belt !(no pun intended).
Someone should be free to have themselves flogged in private by some willing lasses without the worry of cameras recording the event !!
I once knew a working girl who had a High Court judge who came for a regular whipping every fortnight. She said-he said that it helped purge his soul of all the horrible cases he had to live through and made him feel more sympathetic to others in the court !!