General Discussion

...should hit our son. Of course we never did, being horrified by the mere suggestion.

He has grown into a fine man with highly developed ethical senses of whom we are very proud.

The oldest of my nieces, who was "disiplined" by being struck by a wooden spoon is a fine young woman as well but when she got to be old enough, she got out of town, moved far away, and never came back other than for short visits. As a similar approach was taken by my wife, who left home at 17 and never came back - at one time cutting her parents off completely for about a year, not letting them know our phone number or our address - I completely understand whence my niece comes.

I don't believe either in heaven or hell. For me death is just turning off the lights. But if there were a hell, Dobson certainly would deserve it.

I was swatted but never beaten myself,