I find this line of reasoning distasteful and tedious.
Let's be frank, we both know the technical and logistical benefits of the club. And Cosh. Or even the humble blackjack. That isn't the point with these kinds of cases. Hell, the romans didn't crucify every uppity jew, did they?. But sometimes, examples need to be made. Creative examples. Examples that let the rest of them know where the land lies and how shit is going to be. The club accomplishes this, yes, but it is literally a blunt tool. Special cases require special attention and methods.
And in these kinds of cases, where the holy name of comedy has been defiled beyond any kind of reasonable measure and sanity, I ask you: Is it not just that they should be staked upon the sands, covered in snakes that have been injected with meth and then introducing a flock of equally drugged secretary birds into the situation? Is there ever going to be a surer sign of the end of the worship of the redundant stupid times and full embrace on a societal level of the strange times?