> Even drill sergeants aren't allowed to hit recruits.
Nope, they sure don't. Don't need to - the institutionalized psychological attacks and tearing down their worldview to replace it with the army's is much more effective than any physical reprimand could be.
> After all, pets can be controlled without hitting.
And how is this done? With pinch collars, crates, kennels, leashes, shock collars, staking them out, fences, rubbing their noses in their feces...
I'd rather the odd corporal punishment to being treated like a "pet".
Many people who don't know dogs think of crates as doggy jails-far from it. Our dog loved her crate; it was a nice, secure area where she could retreat when she was scared or overwhelmed, or when she just wanted a peaceful nap. We taught our kids that when she was in the crate, they had to absolutely ignore her and leave her totally alone.
Yes, we used the crate in order to speed up her housebreaking (working with her natural instincts), but she would also regularly use her crate (with the door open) on her own. Now, we've built her a little pseudo crate with a dog bed under a high-legged dresser. She goes there in any big thunderstorm still and will sometimes sleep there when the house is full of visitors.
I'm in favor of controlling dogs with appropriate use of crates/kennels, leashes, and fences. OTOH, I've never hit my kids, not because I think it's inherently wrong, but because I think it's a terribly slippery slope, especially given the inherent stresses in raising an infant through toddler.
My parents and my (private Christian K-5) school both used corporal punishment on me, and I have to say that I don't feel harmed nor scarred/scared by it. Looking back on the few instances that I specifically recall, it was done with positive intent and was basically effective.
I'm uncertain as to whether it's inherently wrong categorically, or whether it's just wrongly used by lazy parents in >99% of the instances. (There's no doubt that it has an immediate effect. A parent could be quite easily tempted to use that shortcut in an almost addictive fashion.)
Nope, they sure don't. Don't need to - the institutionalized psychological attacks and tearing down their worldview to replace it with the army's is much more effective than any physical reprimand could be.
> After all, pets can be controlled without hitting.
And how is this done? With pinch collars, crates, kennels, leashes, shock collars, staking them out, fences, rubbing their noses in their feces...
I'd rather the odd corporal punishment to being treated like a "pet".