The Biblical 'rod' meant disciplining a child when (not if) s/he needed it. (Reference Ephesians 6:1-4, too, for both sides- referencing both obedience from kids and appropriate treatment by parents.) And, sadly, a lot of children these days don't get *any* discipline when they misbehave, at all. Many of the parents who bring their Precious Little Flowers in where I work can't believe that we expect them to keep the PLFs in check when they run screaming through the library, or start pulling DVDs off the shelves and stuffing them back randomly.
If you've ever worked at a library, you'll understand the need for most of these. The sense of 'I should be able to do Whatever. I. Want. whenever I want to whatever I want' entitlement is just mindboggling. I can't tell you how much stuff we have vandalized or stolen.
(Though, I'm a bit puzzled why someone would keep *anything* potentially damaging near archival materials....)
"Let’s say that I am some white trash sort from Alaska, the mayor of a small town. Why, I might just march into the “liberry” and threaten, obliquely, the librarian if she doesn’t remove certain books from the shelves."
Yeah, because we all know *that* really happened...:::cough:::
Too bad it's a hoax. I wish whoever 'Kat' really is had put this much work and creativity into something useful.
(OK, besides 'useful'='inspiring a bunch of dorks on the net to research and quibble about it')
I can't tell you how much stuff we have vandalized or stolen.
(Though, I'm a bit puzzled why someone would keep *anything* potentially damaging near archival materials....)
Yeah, because we all know *that* really happened...:::cough:::
Too bad it's a hoax. I wish whoever 'Kat' really is had put this much work and creativity into something useful.
(OK, besides 'useful'='inspiring a bunch of dorks on the net to research and quibble about it')