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Old 14-10-2004, 23:32   #25
Busman747
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Re: Young people today

WOW! This is a thread that could go on and on!! I have read what has so far been said..........and deduce that most is a load of PC C**p!


I am 52 years old, I remember my dad having a german leather belt which would be used if necessary across my posterior if I REALLY got out of hand! The headmaster at my junior school who had a "trainer" (plimsoll) in view on top of the cupboard as a warning that if we over-stepped the mark!.....

Neither was used,but the thought of being punished in front of my mates was enough to stop me from over-stepping the mark and doing something illegal!

When I stop to consider, It wasn't so much the threat of punishment that made me a "goody, goody!" but being disrespectful to my parents and bringing them down in the eyes of the local villagers!

Both my parents are dead now, they used to smack me if I done wrong, Threaten me with the strap if I broke a law , I THANK THEM! for giving me respect for others and their property!!

I DO NOT "hit kids" but in the past have "chastised" them with a calculated "smack," the end result is that I have 4 daughters (soon to be six, but that is another story lol) that totally respect the law of the land and respect the privacy of others!

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT BREAK THE LAW BECAUSE THEY RESPECT THEIR FAMILY, AND LIFE TOO MUCH!

My kids were the last of a generation that respected the rights of parents and the rights of others and I hope that their children will carry these thoughts with them. It is unlikely because children are becoming the "untouchables" and soon know their "rights" to sue their parents as well as becoming "untouchable" to the police because of their age!

Sorry John W, but this lifestyle came from the U.S.A, Maybe you are sheltered from the lifestyle of the average American, but what the Americans do now, the Brits follow.............
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