Upside Down World

Hiya. Just a couple of things. Child punishment and Victim/Criminal Support.
I have heard today that the Thought Police and General Busybody Department have been out again poking their pathetic and unimaginably stupid little noses into things about which they know nothing again. Well, there's a shock eh? It's not like them to tell us what to do with our lives now is it? Apparently, they've thrown another toy out of their pram regarding the "naughty step" idea than Supernanny uses to help give children an idea of what is and is not acceptable behavior. It doesn't matter that you don't know of this person or her methods, what matters here is that if children are not given a clear idea of what is and is not acceptable behavior then the writing is on the wall regarding their future integration into a civilised society. You see in my very humble opinion (which, agreed, is worth not so much as a passing shit fly!) you do need to teach kids right and wrong and punishment is all part of that process. Now, before you start, I am in no way whatsoever suggesting digging out the "old faithful" baseball bat (although for some kids these days ... ) but what I am saying is that the odd smack, now and then, should be used when all else fails to help them understand a) they have done/are doing something wrong b) the world is filled with all sorts of things, including pain c) If you do that again I will disembowel you. Alright, the last one is a little excessive but you get my drift. Because kids have no way of defining their boundaries without pushing them untill it hurts, if they aren't given a little bit of discipline then you get anti-social/criminal behavior without any understanding that it is wrong or indeed why it is wrong and that's the most important bit, understanding why things are wrong. It's no good just smacking your kids when they do things you don't like, this is very unhelpful. All kids will do things their parents/guardians don't like and that is not a good reason for a smack. A smack should be applied at the point their behavior is dangerous to either themselves or someone else or it is upsetting to someone else. This now brings me on to Criminal/Victim support. Why, in a world where every right thinking sane individual can see what is wrong with the amount of support, help and understanding (bless them) that criminals get is so ridiculously out of balance to the support, help and understanding that a victim of these little b*st*rds get? So, why do governments and (once again) these think tank/quango/pc/commitee/pressure group asr*holes not see that they are a bunch of no-good namby pamby twats with no foot in the real world whatsoever? Are they all really that stupid that they think something is a good idea just because they thought of it? Do they not think anything through at all? Start looking after the good people in this world or we are doomed to civil unrest and crime until the human race is extinct (and for the sake of the world, that wouldn't be a bad thing!).
It is still a wonderful world out there and there are an awful lot of extremely good people, lets not let the idiots ruin the party!
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