Into the Dangerous World | 
"Britain was the last developed country where beating schoolchildren was respectable. This was outlawed last year [1988] - by one vote in Parliament. Parents are now almost the last people left who can hit children without fear of penalty, as long as it's moderate and fitting punishment...the language of authority still derives from violence, mistakenly, tragically."
Bookwomble Britain is still a country in which it is legal for parents, and those adults to whom parents have delegated authority, to hit children for the purpose of 'discipline'. When child violence is sanctioned by the state, it's little wonder that violence is learnt as an acceptable way of relating to others. 2y
Leftcoastzen Not good. 2y
quietlycuriouskate It doesn't feel right to "like" this post, but I do want to acknowledge it. 2y
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Bookwomble @kathedron I'm equally liking the analysis of failed Tory policy in the '80s, and frustrated/angry that it's essentially the same policies they're still pushing. 2y
TrishB It makes me sick. 2y
Bookwomble @TrishB I've had to put it down as Mrs B is complaining about me tutting, sighing, grinding my teeth and muttering, "for fucks sake"! On a positive note, I've ordered another book by Warner on the subject of fairy tales ? 2y
TrishB That should be an easier read! 2y
Bookwomble @TrishB Hopefully! 😁 I think she brings a similar critique to her books on folklore and their place in society, so looking forward to getting it. 2y
The_Book_Ninja When I was at school we used to get “the ruler”. If you were disruptive, like I was😬, you had to hold out your hand, palm up, and my teacher would smack my fingers with a wooden ruler. 2y
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja I got the slipper on the backside from an English teacher, a wooden blackboard eraser thrown at my head by a maths teacher, and a classmate was lightly throttled by a geography teacher. The good old days, eh? 2y
The_Book_Ninja 😂Seeing as we‘re playing “who had the worst teacher”, my PE teacher in secondary school took me outside the gym when I was being stupid and got my nipple between his knuckles and twisted while saying “hurts doesn‘t it?”. Didn‘t realise until I was an adult just how odd that was 2y
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja That is so many ways of inappropriate! You win 😉 2y
The_Book_Ninja 😬 2y
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