A post submitted by CGI member, Morgan.

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http://www.smoking-mirrors.com/2021/05/every-tweedledee-has-tweedledum-in-size.html

Before I engage the subject at hand, perhaps a brief primer on the author will help to set the mood. I was beaten nearly every day of my life, often brutally, until I was sixteen or thereabouts. The only time I did not catch the whip, or the club, or the fist was when the one providing these niceties happened not to be present. At the dinner table, if I did not have a piece of bread in hand as I ate, I would be backhanded. If I did not put salt and pepper on my food... if I did not have milk in my glass; same result.

If the mood was on for the man, it could be anything that provoked the rage. One of the results, for me, was an adult ulcer at the age of twelve. You could probably imagine some of the other torments. I could go on at length, providing all manner of color commentary, but it is neither here nor there for me anymore. The psychological end was easily as bad. I want you to keep this in mind as I continue with the task at hand.

I should be no fan of corporal punishment, BUT... it has its place. Because of the way life works, if your parents don't discipline and train you... life WILL. One of the MAJOR problems in America is the pervasive hands-off policy in the cultural morphing of the times as concerns parenting. People are encouraged to express themselves however they wish, to find and live their own truth. No such truth exists but it serves as an excuse for the kid gloves treatment of burgeoning sociopaths.