Does Candide's Punishment Fit the Crime?

In this post I'll focus on one of Candide's first punishments, which he recieved from the bulgar army after attempting to run away. They gave him the choice of being flogged many times by the entire army or being shot in the head. Foolish, naive Candide chose the flogging over the short quick death. This, of course, turned out to be a mistake and Candide begged for death after only a short while. The punishment that Candide recieved from the Bulgars was not appropriate to the crime. It was much too harsh. It shows the brutish nature of war and the army that Voltaire belives and is trying to point out. Later in the story, Candide almost gets burned at an auto-de-fe in Portugal by clergy members. That punishment obviously did not fit the crime (Candide didn't even really have a crime), and it is included because Voltaire is trying to point out the hypocrisy in institutionalized religion (yet again).