| Here I go sounding like my father but "what has | | | | virtually unattainable to many, riddled with drugs, |
| happened to the youth of today". I'm not yet saying | | | | depression and gross excess. Politicians steeped in |
| "bring back the death penalty" | | | | sobriety and hypocrisy. |
| but………… The gruesome | | | | Recent reports promoting a move to stop smacking is |
| details of how two teenaged girls' killed their "friend" by | | | | a further slide towards the point of no return. Parents |
| strangling her with an electrical cord. The completed | | | | soon face the reality of being charged with deprivation |
| suicide pact of another two young girls and a | | | | of liberty for sending a child to their room. Fear has a |
| massacre of over 30 people at university in America | | | | role to play in prevention of the heinous. With out fear |
| have been well documented in the press. Drugs, | | | | people would be stepping off curbs in front of buses, |
| psychosis and depression have been thrown into the | | | | patting rabid dogs and jumping from tall buildings. The |
| ring as a possible reason for the abhorrent behaviour | | | | alternative to smacking is perhaps a head bending |
| in the cases of murder and the seemingly senseless | | | | mind game. Is a mental smack less or more damaging |
| acts of suicide. | | | | than a physical one? |
| Has society helped to create a rudderless ship for | | | | Smacking with in reason offers a boundary, instills a |
| youth and set it a drift on the sea of life? Void of | | | | sense of consequence and can aid in offering direction. |
| direction, destination unknown with no thoughts of the | | | | It is important to note that there is a distinct difference |
| consequence of hitting hidden reefs. Capitalism with its | | | | between a smack and a beating. Smacking can show |
| roots firmly planted in a democratic society and its | | | | a child they are loved and their life is cherished. "He |
| perpetual need for growth and profit has helped to | | | | who spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth |
| erode the family unit. Liberal views have permeated | | | | him correcteth him betimes." Oh my God I am my |
| the courts and infiltrated the school system making | | | | father! |
| punishment redundant. Role models leading lives | | | | |