Apparently Parliament are today going to vote on whether to ban parents from smacking their children. By all accounts it may become a criminal offence if you hit them hard enough to leave a mark or cause mental suffering - which seems a bit harsh for a lot of parents - after all, how are you supposed to teach little Gregory that sticking his hand in the fire while throwing a tuntrum is a very bad thing?
I actually think we should introduce smacking for adults instead, to even up the score a little, with suitable punishments being meted out to wrongdoers on a sliding scale.
For stealing from a shop: Five hand slaps and a personal apology to the shopkeeper.
For a traffic offence: Ten hand slaps
For taking your country to war on a whim and a pack of lies: Line up Britain and grab a paddle ...
And finally a message for any American readers: For God's sake vote Kerry. He might look like the bloke off the Just For Men TV ad but at least he's not an utter, utter, utter, utter buffoon (George - in case you pass by this page a buffoon is NOT a type of monkey ...)
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