Pistol whipping is inefficient. I'm a fan of the Gulag Archipelago for re-education. The bourgeoisie only appreciate and understand comfort. By rewarding with comfort, you have happy lil slaves that will gladly turn upon their bretheren. Good strong bodies withering away in cells is a waste of valuable labour resource.
Besides, the key to human slavery & bondage is to make the pain on the behind only slightly less than the pain at the yoke.
Anyone who has never felt the crushing kidney pain of malnutrition & starvation has no idea of what it's like to really be at the bottom.
As it stands, and if it were without repercussion, I'd happily dispatch anyone who has ever voted for Dubya. I consider them traitors not only to their nation, but to their socio-economic class and directly responsible for the catastrophe we're in today.