Re: New 0ptout?
Vernon Schryver
verbal discipline proves insufficient, that physical discipline be
introduced. Women and children have soft, cushy buttocks which are,
nonetheless, shot through with reasonably sensitive nerve endings.
I believe that those buttocks are there for a very specific purpose
intended by their Creator.
There is no good reason that a man should not listen to misguided,
fairy-tale vocalizations and unsound, emotion-based twaddle-and-nonsense
for however long it amuses or interests him to do so or for however long
seems to him politic and/or chivalrous (standards will vary).
However.
When the point does arrive when the amusement value has exhausted itself
or good manners and chivalry have been stretched to their limit,
--That's enough,-- spoken firmly, distinctly and above a conversational
tone -- with women and children -- should be sufficient. If it proves
insufficient, measured blows to the buttocks -- --measured,-- to me,
meaning blows which, cumulatively, leave no mark which endures longer
than, say, an hour or two but which will make sitting down an
uncomfortable proposition for a comparable length of time, blows which
are an inescapable consequence of failing to heed the verbal --that's
enough-- seem the only sensible way to evenly balance the unfair
advantage emotion has over reason. This, to me, falls well short of
actual physical abuse but exists well within the upper registers of
--attention-getting devices-- for those women and children who have
proven themselves to be