"R. Steve Walz" wrote in message
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Nathan A. Barclay wrote:

There is a difference between a "punitive" parent or teacher and one
who occasionally makes reasonable use of punishment.
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Nope. Wrong is wrong. It is wrong to punish a child for anything
that is not criminal, that would be his right to do is he were an
adult, namely any circumstance in which you want to control a
child's actions.

I won't quote your whole message, but I find your faith in your own
infallibility both obnoxious and insulting - especially when you try to tell
me I'm wrong about my own life just because my reactions don't fit your
prejudice. That reflects a degree of prejudice that would probably make a
brick wall easier to have an intelligent debate with. I doubt that you
would be any more likely than a wall to even consider changing your mind,
and at least a wall wouldn't insult me along the way.