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From comments in a recent post:

“There’s a difference between spanking and beating a child with a stick.”

Duhr.

“If you have to beat your children (or your dogs) with a stick to control them, then you aren’t parenting and you shouldn’t have a dog.”

Go back and read the post. Heck, go back and read the whole blog. Then, consider the following:

hy·per·bo·le [hahy-pur-buh-lee] –noun Rhetoric.

1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”


met·a·phor [met-uh-fawr, -fer] – noun
1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”
2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.

That is all.

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Posted by on March 8, 2008 • Filed under: Uncategorized
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  • John McElveen

    I never Met a fore I didn’t like!Johnps- Amen Babs- preach it!

  • John McElveen

    I never Met a fore I didn’t like!Johnps- Amen Babs- preach it!

  • Alison Cummins

    Hypo-ass-whooping-emia? That’s more clearly about spanking. I wouldn’t have said anything. AD, you might know perfectly well that by ‘hickory,’ you meant ‘spanking.’ But by ‘hickory,’ other people mean ‘beating with a stick.’ It’s not clear, and what I meant to call you on was your lack of clarity. (While it’s perfectly possible to parent without spanking, many good parents do use it. I don’t think it’s <>funny,<> but I don’t really care that much.) You’re a smart man, AD, and you have a huge amount of life experience. That’s why I read your blog, and that’s why I take what you say seriously.

  • Alison Cummins

    Hypo-ass-whooping-emia? That’s more clearly about spanking. I wouldn’t have said anything. AD, you might know perfectly well that by ‘hickory,’ you meant ‘spanking.’ But by ‘hickory,’ other people mean ‘beating with a stick.’ It’s not clear, and what I meant to call you on was your lack of clarity. (While it’s perfectly possible to parent without spanking, many good parents do use it. I don’t think it’s <>funny,<> but I don’t really care that much.) You’re a smart man, AD, and you have a huge amount of life experience. That’s why I read your blog, and that’s why I take what you say seriously.

  • Alison Cummins

    but I don’t really care that much.) You’re a smart man, AD, and you have a huge amount of life experience. That’s why I read your blog, and that’s why I take what you say seriously.

  • Alison Cummins

    but I don’t really care that much.) You’re a smart man, AD, and you have a huge amount of life experience. That’s why I read your blog, and that’s why I take what you say seriously.

  • Babs

    *sigh* We in the south know perfectly well that hickory ain’t a stick. It’s a switch off’n a bush. Ain’t gonna cause no real harm, just a good stingin’ so’s you ‘member what you done wrong so’s you don’t do it agin’.

  • Babs

    *sigh* We in the south know perfectly well that hickory ain’t a stick. It’s a switch off’n a bush. Ain’t gonna cause no real harm, just a good stingin’ so’s you ‘member what you done wrong so’s you don’t do it agin’.

  • Babs

    *sigh* We in the south know perfectly well that hickory ain’t a stick. It’s a switch off’n a bush. Ain’t gonna cause no real harm, just a good stingin’ so’s you ‘member what you done wrong so’s you don’t do it agin’.

  • Babs

    *sigh* We in the south know perfectly well that hickory ain’t a stick. It’s a switch off’n a bush. Ain’t gonna cause no real harm, just a good stingin’ so’s you ‘member what you done wrong so’s you don’t do it agin’.

  • OA

    From Alison’s current entry on her web page: Ok, my six-word life summary is: “Well, at least I didn’t breed.”“Breed”? Don’t you just love how the ‘I’m smarter than you and know what you really meant’ brigade love lowering themselves to the status of animals?All I will say is “thank God” and “way to live up to the childless meddler stereotype”. Oh, and since this is the internet and you’re no doubt a ‘smart, empowered, enlightened’ chick, you are required by cyberlaw to tell me, in the most shrill way possible, that you will never have sex with me.

  • OA

    From Alison’s current entry on her web page: Ok, my six-word life summary is: “Well, at least I didn’t breed.”“Breed”? Don’t you just love how the ‘I’m smarter than you and know what you really meant’ brigade love lowering themselves to the status of animals?All I will say is “thank God” and “way to live up to the childless meddler stereotype”. Oh, and since this is the internet and you’re no doubt a ‘smart, empowered, enlightened’ chick, you are required by cyberlaw to tell me, in the most shrill way possible, that you will never have sex with me.

  • OA

    From Alison’s current entry on her web page: Ok, my six-word life summary is: “Well, at least I didn’t breed.””Breed”? Don’t you just love how the ‘I’m smarter than you and know what you really meant’ brigade love lowering themselves to the status of animals?All I will say is “thank God” and “way to live up to the childless meddler stereotype”. Oh, and since this is the internet and you’re no doubt a ‘smart, empowered, enlightened’ chick, you are required by cyberlaw to tell me, in the most shrill way possible, that you will never have sex with me.

  • OA

    From Alison’s current entry on her web page: Ok, my six-word life summary is: “Well, at least I didn’t breed.””Breed”? Don’t you just love how the ‘I’m smarter than you and know what you really meant’ brigade love lowering themselves to the status of animals?All I will say is “thank God” and “way to live up to the childless meddler stereotype”. Oh, and since this is the internet and you’re no doubt a ‘smart, empowered, enlightened’ chick, you are required by cyberlaw to tell me, in the most shrill way possible, that you will never have sex with me.

  • Gary

    You know AD, I’ve always advocated using a rolled up copy of JEMS on EMT Students. No reason you can’t expand that to dogs and kids.

  • Gary

    You know AD, I’ve always advocated using a rolled up copy of JEMS on EMT Students. No reason you can’t expand that to dogs and kids.

  • Gary

    You know AD, I’ve always advocated using a rolled up copy of JEMS on EMT Students. No reason you can’t expand that to dogs and kids.

  • Gary

    You know AD, I’ve always advocated using a rolled up copy of JEMS on EMT Students. No reason you can’t expand that to dogs and kids.

  • Jenna

    I suddenly feel so much better.Only last week I had a person explain the reason they had sent me an indepth email detailing my vast stupidity (I had posted a sarcastic spiel about being irritated over snow falling when it was 37 degrees out)- was based on the simply fact that if I truely had meant it sarcastically I should have used exclamation points with every sentence… as that is how sarcasem is shown.If they are trolling YOUR blog, I gotta be in good company.

  • Jenna

    I suddenly feel so much better.Only last week I had a person explain the reason they had sent me an indepth email detailing my vast stupidity (I had posted a sarcastic spiel about being irritated over snow falling when it was 37 degrees out)- was based on the simply fact that if I truely had meant it sarcastically I should have used exclamation points with every sentence… as that is how sarcasem is shown.If they are trolling YOUR blog, I gotta be in good company.

  • Jenna

    I suddenly feel so much better.Only last week I had a person explain the reason they had sent me an indepth email detailing my vast stupidity (I had posted a sarcastic spiel about being irritated over snow falling when it was 37 degrees out)- was based on the simply fact that if I truely had meant it sarcastically I should have used exclamation points with every sentence… as that is how sarcasem is shown.If they are trolling YOUR blog, I gotta be in good company.

  • Jenna

    I suddenly feel so much better.Only last week I had a person explain the reason they had sent me an indepth email detailing my vast stupidity (I had posted a sarcastic spiel about being irritated over snow falling when it was 37 degrees out)- was based on the simply fact that if I truely had meant it sarcastically I should have used exclamation points with every sentence… as that is how sarcasem is shown.If they are trolling YOUR blog, I gotta be in good company.

  • Mark

    Point 1:I know full well if I hadn’t received a healthy dose of high-velocity bamboo across my ass at school, I’d be an even bigger jerk than I am now. It’s an essential, especially to bring discipline to particularly chaotic folk, of which I was definately one.Point 2: I know full well the flip side of corporal punishment. I ain’t goin’ there. Neither should anyone else. I’d trust AD to know the difference, despite never having met the man in person – reading his blog was enough for that.Point 3:“At least I don’t breed”. Hum. Well, neither do I – it’s because I’m too damned selfish to be a good parent. Maybe I could’a used a bit more Bamboo Therapy. It’s not a badge of merit, it’s just me acknowledging I’m too stinkin’ selfish to want to share my life with kids. Point 4:Dammit, I really could use a drink about now.Rock on, AD.

  • Mark

    Point 1:I know full well if I hadn’t received a healthy dose of high-velocity bamboo across my ass at school, I’d be an even bigger jerk than I am now. It’s an essential, especially to bring discipline to particularly chaotic folk, of which I was definately one.Point 2: I know full well the flip side of corporal punishment. I ain’t goin’ there. Neither should anyone else. I’d trust AD to know the difference, despite never having met the man in person – reading his blog was enough for that.Point 3:“At least I don’t breed”. Hum. Well, neither do I – it’s because I’m too damned selfish to be a good parent. Maybe I could’a used a bit more Bamboo Therapy. It’s not a badge of merit, it’s just me acknowledging I’m too stinkin’ selfish to want to share my life with kids. Point 4:Dammit, I really could use a drink about now.Rock on, AD.

  • Mark

    Point 1:I know full well if I hadn’t received a healthy dose of high-velocity bamboo across my ass at school, I’d be an even bigger jerk than I am now. It’s an essential, especially to bring discipline to particularly chaotic folk, of which I was definately one.Point 2: I know full well the flip side of corporal punishment. I ain’t goin’ there. Neither should anyone else. I’d trust AD to know the difference, despite never having met the man in person – reading his blog was enough for that.Point 3:”At least I don’t breed”. Hum. Well, neither do I – it’s because I’m too damned selfish to be a good parent. Maybe I could’a used a bit more Bamboo Therapy. It’s not a badge of merit, it’s just me acknowledging I’m too stinkin’ selfish to want to share my life with kids. Point 4:Dammit, I really could use a drink about now.Rock on, AD.

  • Mark

    Point 1:I know full well if I hadn’t received a healthy dose of high-velocity bamboo across my ass at school, I’d be an even bigger jerk than I am now. It’s an essential, especially to bring discipline to particularly chaotic folk, of which I was definately one.Point 2: I know full well the flip side of corporal punishment. I ain’t goin’ there. Neither should anyone else. I’d trust AD to know the difference, despite never having met the man in person – reading his blog was enough for that.Point 3:”At least I don’t breed”. Hum. Well, neither do I – it’s because I’m too damned selfish to be a good parent. Maybe I could’a used a bit more Bamboo Therapy. It’s not a badge of merit, it’s just me acknowledging I’m too stinkin’ selfish to want to share my life with kids. Point 4:Dammit, I really could use a drink about now.Rock on, AD.

  • CrankyProf

    There’s nothing quite like a Sanctimommy who doesn’t have any kids of her own. they always give the BEST (and most realistic) parenting advice.I’d say, “Hopefully, she’ll stick to cats,” but I actually LIKE cats, and wouldn’t wish her on them.

  • CrankyProf

    There’s nothing quite like a Sanctimommy who doesn’t have any kids of her own. they always give the BEST (and most realistic) parenting advice.I’d say, “Hopefully, she’ll stick to cats,” but I actually LIKE cats, and wouldn’t wish her on them.

  • CrankyProf

    There’s nothing quite like a Sanctimommy who doesn’t have any kids of her own. they always give the BEST (and most realistic) parenting advice.I’d say, “Hopefully, she’ll stick to cats,” but I actually LIKE cats, and wouldn’t wish her on them.

  • CrankyProf

    There’s nothing quite like a Sanctimommy who doesn’t have any kids of her own. they always give the BEST (and most realistic) parenting advice.I’d say, “Hopefully, she’ll stick to cats,” but I actually LIKE cats, and wouldn’t wish her on them.

  • Wyatt Earp

    You weren’t serious, A.D.?<>(Hastily tries to call off Family Protective Services . . . )<>

  • Wyatt Earp

    You weren’t serious, A.D.?<>(Hastily tries to call off Family Protective Services . . . )<>

  • doug

    Tell em to F.O. and keep on writing there isn’t any thing wrong with a tune up on a kid or dog when they need it

  • doug

    Tell em to F.O. and keep on writing there isn’t any thing wrong with a tune up on a kid or dog when they need it

  • doug

    Tell em to F.O. and keep on writing there isn’t any thing wrong with a tune up on a kid or dog when they need it

  • doug

    Tell em to F.O. and keep on writing there isn’t any thing wrong with a tune up on a kid or dog when they need it

  • Fat Lazy Male Nurse

    Aint nothing wrong with one upside the head to teach someone some manners. I’ve even seen it advocated in psychology journals. I’ll get back to you with a reference.

  • Fat Lazy Male Nurse

    Aint nothing wrong with one upside the head to teach someone some manners. I’ve even seen it advocated in psychology journals. I’ll get back to you with a reference.

  • Fat Lazy Male Nurse

    Aint nothing wrong with one upside the head to teach someone some manners. I’ve even seen it advocated in psychology journals. I’ll get back to you with a reference.

  • Fat Lazy Male Nurse

    Aint nothing wrong with one upside the head to teach someone some manners. I’ve even seen it advocated in psychology journals. I’ll get back to you with a reference.

  • OA

    “Aint nothing wrong with one upside the head to teach someone some manners.”I call it ‘the guy slap’. Open hand, fingers to the back of the head. Can glance it severely upward, making noise and no hurt (rolled up newspaper, basically), or if needed, more through the head to bring a little hurt. Gets a 10 year old’s attention nice and quick.

  • OA

    “Aint nothing wrong with one upside the head to teach someone some manners.”I call it ‘the guy slap’. Open hand, fingers to the back of the head. Can glance it severely upward, making noise and no hurt (rolled up newspaper, basically), or if needed, more through the head to bring a little hurt. Gets a 10 year old’s attention nice and quick.

  • OA

    “Aint nothing wrong with one upside the head to teach someone some manners.”I call it ‘the guy slap’. Open hand, fingers to the back of the head. Can glance it severely upward, making noise and no hurt (rolled up newspaper, basically), or if needed, more through the head to bring a little hurt. Gets a 10 year old’s attention nice and quick.

  • OA

    “Aint nothing wrong with one upside the head to teach someone some manners.”I call it ‘the guy slap’. Open hand, fingers to the back of the head. Can glance it severely upward, making noise and no hurt (rolled up newspaper, basically), or if needed, more through the head to bring a little hurt. Gets a 10 year old’s attention nice and quick.

  • William the Coroner

    Yanno, the T.A.Z.E.R. is a really underrated parenting tool.

  • William the Coroner

    Yanno, the T.A.Z.E.R. is a really underrated parenting tool.

  • William the Coroner

    Yanno, the T.A.Z.E.R. is a really underrated parenting tool.

  • William the Coroner

    Yanno, the T.A.Z.E.R. is a really underrated parenting tool.

  • Trent

    Whether the object used to encourage discipline is a hickory switch or a oak paddle (and I’ve been hit with both) the point is to discourage undesirable behavior, and I have to say it is really effective. I am living proof that if administered correctly corporal punishment (or as I call them jokingly beatings) ARE effective and you know what? I’m planning one spanking my children when / if they are evil little hellions like I was from time to time. To say that hitting your child is always wrong is in of its self wrong. Its all in the application, sort of like firearms it can be used correctly or drastically incorrectly.

  • Trent

    Whether the object used to encourage discipline is a hickory switch or a oak paddle (and I’ve been hit with both) the point is to discourage undesirable behavior, and I have to say it is really effective. I am living proof that if administered correctly corporal punishment (or as I call them jokingly beatings) ARE effective and you know what? I’m planning one spanking my children when / if they are evil little hellions like I was from time to time. To say that hitting your child is always wrong is in of its self wrong. Its all in the application, sort of like firearms it can be used correctly or drastically incorrectly.

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