Doswin,
Avram’s point was your family would be scared for *your* welfare. Doesn’t that concern you?
Yes, that was my point.
so an invitation to do justice upon you
Technically, I don’t think the OP’s point was to say that a beis din should beat people who have done [insert activity here], which is purely retributive, but rather to discuss the permissibility of a beis din using beatings to elicit future compliance with halacha, which, when it was in effect, was probably an exceptionally rare occurrence. This is splitting hairs, I know, but the distinction is important.
This is not to say I agree with or support the OP, on the contrary, I think s/he was trolling to garner outraged responses at the expense of halacha, and was richly rewarded.