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Los estandares de comportamiento eran extremadamente altos y las violaciones se castigaban severamente.	Behavior standards were extremely high and violations were severely punished.
El mayor error que podríamos cometer sería creer que se trataba de un programa que contemplaba el plano social, moral y médico y que solamente se castigaban los excesos.	The biggest mistake that we could make would be to believe that this was a legitimate social, moral and medical program and that only excesses were reprehensible.
Otros más se castigaban por no poder derramar más lágrimas.	Some others chastised themselves for not being able to shed more tears.
Algunos monjes incluso se castigaban a sí mismo golpeándose con azotes o látigos.	Some monks would even punish themselves by beating themselves with whips or scourges.
Otro decreto prohibía de manera explícita los matrimonios mixtos, que se castigaban con penas de entre 2 y 5 años de prisión.	A second decree banned mixed marriages, providing a penalty of 2 to 5 years imprisonment.
Antes de eso, las universidades mantenían una actitud diferente en relación con la disciplina estudiantil: se castigaban las actividades perniciosas, no las que simplemente levantaran sospechas.	Previously, universities maintained a different approach to student discipline; they punished activities that were harmful, not those that merely raised suspicion.