Caning
Sir,—One aspect your article on corporal punishment neglected was human sanity. We are all aware that repressed anger will manifest itself in other ways. Exasperated teachers get a measure of relief administering pain to recalcitrant pupils. My memories of the glint of pleasure as teachers punished frustrating children warns me that abolishing official channels of physical abuse will only open unofficial ones. Keep corporal punishment. It will prevent youngsters being poleaxed by gibbering mental wrecks, and introduce our youth to the great New Zealand concept — violence is not only necessary, it is also good for you. Channel violence through the system and it will no longer harm
anyone. It is no longer vindictive. Rugby, apparently, works the same way. — Yours, etc., S. KNIGHT. December 7, 1982.
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