Dude, BEAT is when you are giving IMPACTFUL hits that can INJURE. That belt is not going to injure a buttock of a teenage boy who needs to be corrected before the street REALLY hits him (with a bullet) for trying to be "street" when he shouldn't be trying to. This world is full of sissies now. I got whoopins as a kid and I'm glad I did, It kept me from wanting to disappoint my parents, even now, I definitely didn't want to come back bigger and badder for revenge. I am non-puss enough to realize my parents didn't want me to end up dead or in jail. I didn't plan out some Columbine-like jihad attack on them.
But I'm 33 and come from the last generation of kids who were ALLOWED to be disciplined so maybe I just feel different about it.
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Would your opinion had been different if a video of you getting your ass whipped by an uncle looking like a total bitch had gone viral on the internet when you were 16? Let's call a turd what it is.
Protecting the defenseless is what I do. I mean, come on, where do we draw the line? Is it OK to hit him if he was 2 years younger? 4 years younger? Are you a doctor? Did you see his buttocks for bruises? Are you sure the uncle didn't damage this kid psychologically?
I'm 24 btw and yes I was beat as a child.
I still say put down the rod or go to jail for assault. Law and order over personal gratification.