A Tangled Web

Chastisement is a Kind of Medicine



Plato famously said: 'It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.'



Regrettably, the nannying inclinations of the State may be about to ensure that children are beyond the reach of parents who believe in the correctness of physical chastisement. Having successfully (but detrimentally) halted any form of contact punishment by teachers and the police, Leftist acolytes now wish to proverbially tie the hands of parents and allow children free reign.



Where will such lunacy lead? We already have a younger generation raised without proper discipline in the home, at school, or in society at large. Years of the 'emollient' approach to punishment has left the UK with the most ignorant, violent, insubordinate adolescent and pre-pubescent cretins in Europe. Heaven knows what type of scenario we could face in generations to come as the whole system of societal order (which should begin in the family home) breaks down.