Once upon a time, a dental or medical exam was an opportunity to
read a book. No more. The TV blares. It was talking heads discussing
whether a football player had been sufficiently punished. The offense
was unclear. The question was whether the lashes were sufficient.
It brought to mind that punishment has become a primary feature of
American, indeed Western, society. A baker in Colorado was punished
because he would not bake a wedding cake for a homosexual marriage. A
county or state clerk was punished because she would not issue a
marriage license for a homosexual marriage. University professors are
punished because they criticize Israel’s inhumane treatment of
Palestinians. Whistleblowers are punished—despite their protection
under federal law—for revealing crimes of the US government. And
children are punished for being children.
But not by their parents. Police can slam children around and
seriously injure them. But parents must not lay a hand on a child. If a
child gets spanked, as everyone in my generation was, in comes the
Child Protective Services Gestapo. The child is seized, put into
“protective custody,” and the parents are arrested. The CPS Gestapo
receives a federal bonus for every child that they seize, and they want
the money.
read more:http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/11/03/the-punishment-society-paul-craig-roberts/
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