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).