Martin, Judith -- “Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1984-08-19)

Dave — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 21:39:21 +0000

Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners’ concept of propriety, much less logic.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1984-08-19)
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Collected in Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children, ch. 1 "Theory and Skills," "For the Enrolled" (1984).

Russell, Bertrand -- “On corporal punishment,” New York American (1932-09-07)

Dave — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:47:34 +0000

A physician would not cure his patients more effectually if he were angry with them for being ill, and the criminal law is not more effective when it is inspired by anger against the criminal. The criminal presents a problem, psychological, educational, sociological, and economic; this difficult problem is not best handled in a state of blind rage. All arguments for corporal punishment spring from anger, not from scientific understanding. As men become more scientific, such barbaric practices will be no longer tolerated.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
“On corporal punishment,” New York American (1932-09-07)
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WIST Quotations

Martin, Judith -- “Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1984-08-19)

Russell, Bertrand -- “On corporal punishment,” New York American (1932-09-07)