LadyPact
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ORIGINAL: LadyPact I can really relate to some of the OP. Why didn't we have shootings in schools when we were kids? Cause you'd be afraid that your Dad would kick your ass for taking a gun to school! Sorry, but in a lot of cases, that's the truth. Why doesn't that type of discipline work today? Because state agencies, and fear of the same, have taken away the power of people to raise their own children. The scenerio of acting up in public is a good one. A parent almost can't reprimand their child in public, because all it takes is a 'good samaritan' with a cell phone to make one call saying you hit your child to get you arrested. Like many things considered PC, we went entirely too far from the original idea. We didn't want children being abused, so to avoid that, we went wayyyyyyy too far the other way. We tend to forget that, punishing children, when they misbehaved, helped them to grow up learning that there was right and wrong. The other topic is the race issue. It's all goodness and light when we say celebrate diversity. Unfortunately, when we actually acknowledge differences, somehow it's wrong. I agree with one of Mencia's long running statements. There wouldn't be stereotypes if there wasn't some truth to them. Guess what? Sometimes, our differences are funny, and it is ok to laugh at them. The problem is, now were so worried about offending, and being offended, that we can't even mention them. All this rhetoric about 'the good old days' being so much better than today is wrong. It wasn't better in the days when it was legal for a parent to beat their children senseless. Beating a child to instill discipline is famously counterproductive. Violence breeds violence, but you know that already, don't you, because you wouldn't slap a rude shop assistant in the face simply because h/she didn't do what you wanted. Also... this whole bullshit about prejudice finding its roots in reality? Please. Thank you for reaffirming both of My points, without meaning to. Violence breeds violence you say? Let's see. Just one example. After the Columbine shootings, both sets of parents were asked about what methods they used for disciplining their children. Neither of them stated using corporal punishment during their children's upbringing. I wonder if a good swat on the ass at some point, and being told no would have changed things? No, I wouldn't slap a rude sales clerk. Why not? Well, for one, they probably aren't a child, and for another, their behavior will probably end up meaning less commission or other issues, such as being fired. You echoed My point that we don't want children abused. The question is, do we want them disciplined? The six year old who isn't punished for stealing candy from the store, probably isn't going to have much against stealing a car at sixteen. Thank you again for showing the difference between the words stereotype and the word prejudice. The word stereotype has no negative implied by definition, while the word prejudice does.
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