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Originally Posted by andyl
But there is a big difference between a parent administering some mild form of physical punishment and some of the actions advocated ie assaulting someone else's kid.
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I agree 100%, smacking a child ''after'' they have been warned ''not'' to do something is in my opinion ok. On the other hand using ones fists is assault, and lets face it, anyone who would use his fists on a child or a woman is not a man. (This is offcourse from a mans perspective, and not ment to be sexist seeing as certain posters prolly think I'm a psychotic thug from some previous posts).
On th other hand, if I am being verbally abused, and physically intimidated (well it has been tried) by 6 - 10, fifteen to sixteen year olds, and they then decide to try and get physical, then I reserve the right to defend myself. The fact that this happened to me within the last eight or so weeks, in my mind only underlines the face that a proportion of todays youth are running wild. In the end of the afore mentioned encounter, one of the teenages ended up on the floor with his right arm in a painfull arm lock. If teenages want to get physical with adults, then they
must accept that they might well get hurt.
And before
ANYONE comments, no I didnt enjoy myself. But I did get a certain ammount of satisfaction from teaching a fool not to try throwing his weight about.