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Posted: 07.01.2002 Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days
Please indulge me for a moment... You may go after me -- or any of my living relatives -- as you see fit. We are still here living and breathing on this planet to defend ourselves -- or at least have the ability to make our viewpoints and stance known. That's fine. Fire away at will. If I blog about it, it's obviously fair game. But you do NOT go after my dead grandfather and equate him with a human rights violator no matter what you think of him, or the way he raised me. Are we perfectly clear on that? Good. Because the next person who tries will be unceremoniously invited to exit at stage left. That man is about two pegs down from God in my eyes. He passed away when I was four years old, and he could do no wrong. That is still the case. Proceed with caution.
 Some people really do speak without thinking. Idiots ! ¤ ¤ credit: Tammie | 07.01.02 at 01:39 AM | link- -this ¤ ¤ How dare they say that? People are cruel, and stupid. -this ¤ ¤Thanks guys! It's a hot button issue, and I expected responses as such...but there are just some places you do not go... ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 07.01.02 at 03:01 AM | link--this ¤ ¤I think that's beyond the "don't go there" line. But that's me. The first person to say one derogitory thing about a family member of mine, living or dead, that was unfounded, would recieve the verbal beating of a lifetime. And here we are, talking about spanking, and I bring up even more "violence"... Geeze :) ¤ ¤ credit: Veshka | 07.01.02 at 03:04 AM | link--this ¤ ¤I hear ya Robyn. My Grandpa (Or Poppy - funny that we both had nicknames for our grandpas) was pretty much God in my eyes too. Luckily, he lived to see my daughter, his first great-grandchild born. She was the light of his life for the last two years he was alive, which were miserable for him other than that. Unlike my own father, he's the one who taught me to fish, and taught me to drive, and was there for me in all the ways my dad wasn't. And yes, when I was behaving like a brat, he wouldn't hesitate to smack me on the butt. And I respected him, and still do to this day, and I'd defend him with my dying breath. So preach on Sister! ¤ ¤ credit: Tracy | 07.01.02 at 10:26 AM | link--this ¤ ¤i think some people who were abused don't understand the line between spanking and beating, because they've experienced the latter, but had it called former. you handled that very well, hon. my grampa died when i was six, and if anyone slandered him on my website, i swear i'd take it offline. drive to their house, i mean. not that i'm recommending that... *cough* i have a much worse temper than you. :) ¤ ¤ credit: redsugar | 07.01.02 at 01:02 PM | link--this ¤ ¤Oh my lordy. I just looked at how many comments you had on the original post. I'll go back and read them later. I was never spanked as a child. I was an angel :) I don't recall my brothers being spanked either. From memory, if we did something wrong, we had something taken away from us instead. I don't think I'll ever smack a child of mine. Perhaps a tap on the bum when they're not old enough to understand a conversation when you explain what they did wrong, but never enough to inflict pain. Each case is different though, and if I have a horror child I may just change my mind, but that's my own view. I do get really pissed off when I see mothers in public really give their children a hiding and scream at them for something that appears pretty trivial. But, I'm not a mum. I don't know what it's like, so I won't pass judgement, just enough of a comment to say watching it makes me feel uncomfortable. ¤ ¤ credit: Joanne | 07.01.02 at 10:22 PM | link--this ¤ ¤I read the comment in question and went, "huh?" A smack on the fully-clothed heinie of a rambunctious toddler by a loving parent or other relative is not "the same exact punishment" as a teenager being tied down and beaten by bamboo canes by official decree. Do they teach logic of any sort in Canadian schools these days? (The commenter said she was Canadian.) ¤ ¤ credit: Andrea Harris | 07.02.02 at 02:22 AM | link--this ¤ ¤Robyn, your popeye loved you so much, I can't imagine him ever doing anything to hurt you. Including a spanking. Sure it hurt for the moment, probably surprised you more than hurt you, but not as much as allowing unacceptable behavior to continue. I think that's the whole point of punishment, no matter what the form. If it's done with love and good intentions a child automatically knows that. I spanked both of you girls. It worked for you, and not for your sister. Each child is different and has to be treated individually. On a lighter note, your sister and I were talking about punishment the other nite, she said the worst punishment she ever received was when I grounded her to spend the evening in the living room with me as a teenager!!! How boring!! :) Her room was no punishment with a phone, TV, VCR, stereo, etc. ¤ ¤ credit: mama | 07.02.02 at 12:55 PM | link--this ¤ ¤
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