The Politics of Being Hit In The Groin
I was walking through a shopping arcade this afternoon minding my own business. A woman was walking along holding the hand of what looked like her 6 year old daughter. As I walked past to the right of them I felt something smack me in the groin. The girl had just swung her arm out as far she could and whack! I reflexively doubled-over though fortunately it wasn't painful. My immediate reaction was of just complete, utter and total disbelief. I mean what the f--ck just happened???
I straightened up and turned to see the mother and child just walking along oblivious to the whole incident. I probably should have ran after them and scolded them off (yeah and then get accused of harassment), in particular the mother. But I had to get a phone and it was nearly closing time at the shops, so I just went on about my business.
Now I feel a sense of why people vote conservative. I mean yes I suscribe to liberal values and all but when you see things like undisciplined children out of control it makes you angry. I'm tired of old conservative platitudes like 'back to basics', or 'family values', but if it helps discipline the little savages then it's not all bad.
Just the other day I read that in Britain there is this phenomenon of "Happy Slapping". Basically children and teenagers go around slapping adults on the back but in some cases they just attack adults and take videos and photos of these attacks to share with their firends. Yes this all sounds a bit like an urban myth, but people especially the fringe elements of progressive child-rearing need to understand an important point. CHILDREN ARE NOT INNOCENT.
It's shocking but beyond those angelic faces lie crude and primative beasts capable of all manner of deceit and manipulation. I became aware of this ironically enough when I was a child which is not to say I was cunning or manipulative, but in so much as I realised that some children could be. You know the type of kids who harass other children, but only when the teacher isn't watching etc. These are probably the children who grow up to become corporate psychopaths and politicians skilled in the black arts of duplicity, spin, shifting the blame and bastardisation.
I straightened up and turned to see the mother and child just walking along oblivious to the whole incident. I probably should have ran after them and scolded them off (yeah and then get accused of harassment), in particular the mother. But I had to get a phone and it was nearly closing time at the shops, so I just went on about my business.
Now I feel a sense of why people vote conservative. I mean yes I suscribe to liberal values and all but when you see things like undisciplined children out of control it makes you angry. I'm tired of old conservative platitudes like 'back to basics', or 'family values', but if it helps discipline the little savages then it's not all bad.
Just the other day I read that in Britain there is this phenomenon of "Happy Slapping". Basically children and teenagers go around slapping adults on the back but in some cases they just attack adults and take videos and photos of these attacks to share with their firends. Yes this all sounds a bit like an urban myth, but people especially the fringe elements of progressive child-rearing need to understand an important point. CHILDREN ARE NOT INNOCENT.
It's shocking but beyond those angelic faces lie crude and primative beasts capable of all manner of deceit and manipulation. I became aware of this ironically enough when I was a child which is not to say I was cunning or manipulative, but in so much as I realised that some children could be. You know the type of kids who harass other children, but only when the teacher isn't watching etc. These are probably the children who grow up to become corporate psychopaths and politicians skilled in the black arts of duplicity, spin, shifting the blame and bastardisation.
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