it works
Look at me. I'm balanced, well rounded and probably not brain damaged from being beaten.
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Tue 6 Mar 2012, 11:26, 1 reply)

It's because it works that the bedwetters hate it.
Psychological mumbo jumbo aside, countless generations of parents gave their kids a slap to keep them in line, not because it's "An outmoded abhorrent ingrained behaviour that they learned from their own misguided parents" but BECAUSE IT WORKS. Children are NOT miniature versions of adults. Frankly these modern-parent cunts need a slap even more than their ghastly offspring do.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 6 Mar 2012, 11:34, closed)

And we're not talking cricket bats with spikes in for discipline...
When I look back on my life and I think about the time I got a smack because I stole my mum's car at 13 and crashed into a tree I have to admit I probably deserved that. Likewise the time at school where I was caught shoving someone in a rubbish bin and then sitting on the lid for a few mins while my mates kicked the bin.

In both cases I only committed those mistakes twice. I could have been a career criminal ,but the light beatings probably helped me on the right track.

Also, I'm not religious, but the bible advocates a good beating. I hate to argue with religious zealots because you never win...

"He who spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes" (Proverbs 13:24)

"Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell." (Proverbs 23:13-14)
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Tue 6 Mar 2012, 15:08, closed)