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October 24, 2013
I know my views are antiquated, perhaps novel, but I am an antique in an ever-feminized world.
"What today’s kids need is a good slap across the mouth from time to time.They should be beat constantly until they realize that they can’t get away and have to fight back to survive. Beat until they lose their narcissistic attitude and accept that weakness is never an option. Beat until she loses weight and he stops playing with Barbie dolls. Beat until they realize that their opinions don’t matter. Only corporal punishment directed at their lamentable selves will cure this degenerative malaise corrupting society." - - Why You Should Beat Your Kids
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 24, 2013 9:38 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Hey, that worked on/for me. Straightened me right up. I'll shut up now for I'm to be seen and not heard.
Posted by: Ostinato at October 24, 2013 10:08 AM
I know its supposed to be funny. But its not really.
Posted by: pbird at October 24, 2013 10:32 AM
Maybe it really isn't supposed to be funny after all. I'm agnostic on that question.
Posted by: vanderleun at October 24, 2013 11:14 AM
Generally abhor violence however there are occasions where somebody just needs a good beating.
Posted by: tripletap at October 24, 2013 11:52 AM
WFM
Posted by: Fat Man at October 24, 2013 12:23 PM
How would a kid act if he learned that nothing he did could ever generate more than angry words? How would you drive if, no matter what, you could not get a ticket? You will act very differently if a beating is a real possibility. The real threat is sufficient for most purposes. The removal of that reality is highly destructive.
Bill Burr makes the case in an unconventional manner, as usual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YipKPjgFaqE
Posted by: Scott M at October 24, 2013 12:38 PM
I spanked all of my children. Everyone likes them. They love and respect me. No one likes a jerk. Undisciplined children are jerks. See: our ruling class...
Posted by: Leslie at October 24, 2013 2:05 PM
Whipping a kid, even with a switch or a belt, is a lot different than slapping one in the face. One is a controlled response to inappropriate behavior. The other is abuse. People too stupid to grasp the distinction have taken corporal punishment away as an option. In doing so, they have destroyed discipline in the family, in the school, and in the community.
I was a fairly well-behaved, obedient child as long as I was living at home. My mom whipped me three or four times. One of my older sister beat me a time or two. My dad, who was a strict disciplinarian, never had to whip me because I knew that if it came right down to it -- though he would feel bad afterward, he would kill me if he had to. I never felt any need to push the boundary.
Posted by: mushroom at October 24, 2013 2:32 PM
Ah, memories of Catholic School...
My high school principal used to administer "swats" with his leather cincture (belt) at detention to the more unruly young men. I saw him tee off on a couple of the more egregious offenders (with a brisk walking start across the room), and vowed that I would NEVER be back in detention. And I wasn't.
More power to you if you can control the kids with "The Look" or "The Voice", but a good smack does have its place.
Posted by: leelu at October 24, 2013 2:50 PM
I don't think whaling on your kids will make any difference unless you give them something else to focus on and learn. If you let them watch TV, ignore you, teach them there's no good and true, let them be absorbed into the leftist education machine, then you can beat them to a pulp and they'll still turn out useless trash but for the grace of God.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 24, 2013 7:09 PM