MSGID: 1:153/757.21@fidonet 0609e170   
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   Hello George!   
      
    GP> Back in the day, before our time, I'm sure, a shoplifter   
    GP> got caught by a proprietor, taken out back & had a   
    GP> careful(non-maiming) beating administered.   
      
   [...]   
      
    GP> Now, though, if the proprietor even squeezes a tiny bit   
    GP> too hard in grabbing  the kid, he's liable to be arrested!   
      
   The best I could do is get passed the suspect and lock the door     
   until the police arrive.   
      
      
    GP> I'd like to see more of the older way in play. . . but   
    GP> beatings within reason - - painful, but not maiming. . .   
    GP> Diotto for parenting. . . loving discipline is not the   
    GP> same as angry abuse! I'm thankful i was lovingly   
    GP> disciplined as a  kid==yeah, it hurt, but not as much as   
    GP> prison beatings might have if I'd grown  up into an   
    GP> unchecked criminal like so many are nowadays. . .   
      
   My dad reached a breaking point when I admitted that I lied to     
   prevent my brother from a prolonged lashing.  I ended up with     
   significant cuts to my back that took weeks to heal. I think I     
   was just 8yrs old at the time. Future beatings stopped after     
   the results of my beatings leaked to the public one way or     
   another.   
      
      
    GP> I'm thankful that the same farther who bruised by rear end   
    GP> with a leather belt  as needed, also taught me to think   
    GP> for myself & to dig deeper for truth, as  needed.   
      
   No lectures here.  I just got the occasional lashing and was     
   told to go to bed without supper.  Then, I would refuse to eat     
   supper when asked.   
      
    GP> I'd like to see more meatballs sentenced to public canings   
    GP> & the newsmedia stop giving them notoriety -- I'd like to   
    GP> see a headline like, "Some cowardly piece  of human   
    GP> garbage attacked a senior in the park yesterday. Police   
    GP> are asking  anyone who knows anything to contact them   
    GP> anonymously as a good citizen who  cares about their   
    GP> community."   
      
   So you think public shaming is a good deterrent?   
      
      
    GP> Make it a feel good choice to cooperate with one's   
    GP> community's police instead  of a "look at me" infamy as   
    GP> they currently report it. . .   
      
   I think the community of businesses (especially in a small     
   town) spread the word on a suspect to watch out for.   
      
      
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     ../|ug   
      
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