IIN I think it should be law to hit rude people with a stick?

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  • "This fixes the solution since they will attribute the pain with the action they commit."

    There are so many reasons why this statement is correct and I know it is based on the most simplistic of psychologies but I know that a lot of people just don't work that way. Imagine the tyrants that would be ruling the world if simply hurting people when you didn't like their behavior always worked as a form of conditioning. If people were THAT easy to control, our government would have no need for indoctrination and every parent that practices corporal punishment would inevitably have the most obedient children.

    My parents did it, much worse than others, when I behaved badly and that didn't stop me from behaving badly. It just made me a better liar.

    "I also know I am not the first with these ideals."

    I can point out any number of historical figures that prove this statement to be true and it's such common knowledge that there are many, many, so many individuals out there who think "just smack them" is a reasonable solution for the problem of rudeness that this statement, if anything, is about as obvious and unnecessary as saying "water is wet and I'm not the only one that knows this".

    We'd all love to hit rude people. Many of us, however, have self-control. If we lose that self-control and justify that violence, yes, the few people on Earth that DO behave in a civil manner become violent, the Earth will most certainly NOT be at peace.

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    • Well it has been proven this is how regular people think and how their minds work.However this is not how it works in many mentally unstable patients and those with mental disorder and illness.

      This might now work for some one with Autism but should prove correct in the average persons mind.

      We do control ourselves but if we do who is protecting us from them? Respect creates your mentality. It goes to how you treat yourself and others.

      Teaching them that this ok will set it in their minds. It is hard to change this behaviour once some one is taught it is ok. So We must beat the behaviour out of them while we still have time.

      If as a child you are taught if you do bad you will receive pain you are going to be reluctant to do so. If you punch some one because it it funny and you are get beaten for it I really doubt you continue.

      This goes into adult hood when people get the mentality they are entitled and can do what they want. They can sexually harass people which leads to more severe things. They can slap some one they disagree with. They can scream bad words at mom and dad and the teacher because they feel that is their right.

      Respect covers a large range of things. It means to be respecting of others person, personal space, and beliefs. So this means it is ok to sexually harras some one if you feel like it. It is ok to bad mouth your mother because she asked you to clean your room. It is ok to beat up the kid with glasses since after all he has no feelings right? This is to prevent the youth of America from turning into little criminals.

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      • So in other words, violence makes people behave. Have you left the house recently? Where is this proof that using violence towards others will make them respect you? Anyone who has even a smidgeon of real world knowledge can tell you that using violence against someone will make them fear you, sure, but respect you? No!

        All you will achieve by making respectful people into violent human beings with a lack of self control will be lowering us to the level of said disrespectul human beins who act like animals rather than acting like civilised people. Your mentality is no better than the mentality of dictators who use violence as a form of control.

        Obviously your knowledge of history and of basic psychology is flawed and possibly nonexistent so rather than posting 6 paragraphs correcting your statements quote by quote, I'll make it short and sweet: Using violence as a means of control will create a people that are angry and fearful, not respectful. If history is any indicator, said fearful individuals will eventually turn US into the uncivil animals we would rightfully be. In the end, using injustice to correct injustice will backfire as history has shown it to work out.

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