Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:56:19 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, c.raven@ukonline.co.uk, nicole@nmhtech.com, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Hopkins FBI] Message-ID: <19990427235619.C778@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <199904272142.OAA09956@usr04.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 09:42:55PM %2B0000 References: <3724D149.7DEDD047@softweyr.com> <199904272142.OAA09956@usr04.primenet.com>
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On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 09:42:55PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Moved to -chat...
>
> This was our social "safety net"; now if a parent spanks the
> child, the child can get the parent arrested,
The EU is trying to make smacking kids a criminal offence throughout
Europe. Jeez, who elects these people to power?
> and schools are
> permitted the same leeway as a British Bobby -- namely, they can
> yell "Stop, or I shall yell 'stop' again!".
>
Yes, and now kids have no respect for the Police so they (the
Police) have to carry CS spray and, far too often, guns.
> In my experience, most people who exhibit socially acceptable
> behaviour do so for fear of the consequences, not because people
> are inherently nice creatures at some genetic level.
>
It's called respect for your elders.
>
> Terry Lambert
> terry@lambert.org
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