On Tue, 07 Jun 2016 21:04:59 +0100, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 6/7/2016 3:41 PM, James Wilkinson wrote:


Cumulative effect only applies to things that last, like arsenic
poisoning. If you were smacked yesterday, it has no effect today.


Sure it does. If I got smacked yesterday for being a smart ass to my
mother, it has the effect today to make me not do it again. I was a
fast learner.

Exactly. Smacking is simple and works.

A well timed and well placed whack on the ass can prevent ever having to
do it again if the kid is a smart learner. OTOH, beating is never
justified.

Smacking isn't beating.

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