“We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to Baptist churches and prefer bourbon to Scotch are likely to be Southerners.” PeopleCountrySchoolChurchSupportCarPunishmentRacingHuntsGritBaptistsScotchSouthernerBourbonCar RacingCorporal PunishmentPossumsStock Car Racing Book:My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture Source: My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture
“People are kept in line in society because they fear punishment. The assumption that underlies this mentality is that a human being will follow their desires without mitigation.” PeopleHumansDesireHumanityLinesHuman BeingsBuddhismPunishmentAssumptionMentality Author:Frederick Lenz
“I think I wish I had never spanked my children, but I have. And they remember every instance like they tattooed it on their palms. I think it's a terrible lesson, to use physical punishment to make a point about not behaving, not being kind to their siblings, to other people. I mean that's just absurd. But I've lost it, I understand it.” PeopleThinkingKindMeanChildrenUseRememberLostWishTerribleLessonsPunishmentAbsurdInstanceMy ChildrenBe KindPalmsSiblingTattooed Author:Ayelet Waldman