Tigers!
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Sigh.Some people think it’s okay to make sarcastic jokes about the abuse of children and are suprised when other people are not amused by it. It happens.Memo to one's self.A wise man once said,A whack on the seat of learning with a rolled up newspaper would have been more effective. Works on puppies I'm reliably informed.
So perhaps using violence to send a message is not the lesson you really want to teach.Indeed. Parents often complain that their children do not pay attention to them. They are paying attention. Just to the wrong parts of us.
I found that asking the kids to think through what their behavior would result in did the trick, no need to treat them like badly treated dogs.
Most Americans would not recognise sarcasm if if he walked up to them and slapped them hard across the chops.
Curious; do you have children? Do you whack them? Do you think it’s funny sarcasm to talk about whacking them? Would they think so?
The original comment that got up your nose was a quote from Snoopy (I am sure you are familiar with that creature? It is fictional by the way). Take it up with Charles Schultz.
Do I have children? Yes , a precious daughter
Do you whack her? When she was small she was smacked. Now her husband can deal with her on a day-to-day basis.
(Again too many Yanks cannot detect sarcasm even if it whacked them across the chops.)