Teenage Torture!!!

According to a Massachusetts law, punishment for children over 16 acting stubborn or rebellious was death...

Isn't that a kick in the teeth...you get to put up with their shit for a full 16 years...at which time you have 1 year to kill them off before they reach adult status...doesn't seem fair...where is the justice...I look at my kids and wonder how my parents ever missed out on a Golden Opportunity to move to Massachusetts...whaddaya need 6 months of living in the state to be considered a resident???  Plan it right and 16th Birthdays all across America could be held in one convenient location...a ditch on one side...and shiny new cars on the other...act the hell up and see which side your little protruding through puberty...pouty little ass ends up...I'll tell ya what...my ass woulda been operatin' the backhoe...diggin' ditches that would make the Grand Canyon seem like a wee crack in the Earth's crust...rebellious is an understatement associated with the youth of America...especially in urban settlements with populations over 100,000...unruly little bastards...backed by the government's War on Child Rearing...which stipulates in NO uncertain terms...that the methods that worked for you and I as children...threatening glares...the ability of the parent figure to strike the fear of some Almighty being...directly into the very fabric of our flesh...piercing our hearts and causing us to cower...aren't sufficient methods for raising children today...ya can't discipline children with any type of physical abuse...a slap to the face for running a foul mouth and showing disrespect to an elder or a parent is NO longer allowed...ya know when I was growing up it didn't matter who the elder was...parent...friend or stranger...if you're ass got outta line you got a swat on the ass...and ya sat your ass in the corner til they were satisfied you had paid your dues...today we have Time Outs...which we can't really enforce...because if we lay a hand on little Timmy to direct him to the Time-out table for troubled children...we face more sever punishment from the government that supports this program...and it is one awesome...asshat suckin' stupid situation for us to be in...look at what we have...more violent youth than at any other time in American History...you wouldn't get away with this shit in the 70's...people woulda lined up around the block for miles to take a crack at your dumb ass...these kids today have no respect for life of any kind...they believe they are even more invincible than those that came before them...you know when I was younger my friends treated my parents with respect...they were welcomed at the house and treated like extended family...they didn't barge in...sit down...grab the remote and make themselves at home...NOT that that kinda thing happens in my house...because I don't play by the rules...you step outta line here and I'll beat your ass verbally from one end of the house to the next...you'll leave here a much wiser person and you won't return until you've learned the manners that the rest of us consider acceptable for public behavior...ya know...a lot of people misunderstand my quiet nature as that of being most commonly associated with a timid type of personality...it isn't until they have tipped the scales of tolerance that they realize their mistake...kids these days push boundaries at much earlier ages than ever before...letting them live until they are 16 seems a bit excessive in some circumstances...ya hafta remember most of them are going to grow up runnin the streets and over populating the planet with little gangsta's that they can't take care of...if we lower the age across the states we stand a better chance of enjoying a deeper gene pool through the process of elimination...I'm NOT advocating the extermination of our youth...just the threat of a possibility...something to place the power of parenting back into the hands of the ones who should be responsible for their kids...the children have the upper hand...my son Matthew learned at the very early age of 3 just how much power a child possesses...when he disagreed with me telling him he couldn't have something he asked for...he threatened to call 911...which I told him to go ahead and do...thinking he had no clue as to what he was talking about...let alone doing...about 2 minutes later my phone rang...and I answered a very inquisitive 911 operator...MATTHEW is still among the living...a choice I, myself would NOT  have had available had I pulled a similar stunt at any age...to be honest with ya...I'm kinda surprised I survived to be the age I am now...and I thought my generation pushed the envelope to the extreme...we were aware of what the consequences were if our parents caught on to our shenanigans...the possibility of being punished with a 6 ft. belt...3 ft wide...with meat hooks dangling from the eyelets on the belt was greatly enhanced...hell we knew there was the possibility we wouldn't see our friends for the entire summer if we got grounded for doin' somethin' stupid...try grounding a kid today...anything you do to enforce the punishment is considered child abuse and can be used against you...you ground a kid today in America...you'll be lucky if they don't hire an attorney and sue you for false imprisonment...cruel and unusual punishment...assault with intent to do great bodily harm...domestic violence...you name it...think I'm kiddin'...look around in the country's courtrooms...this shit happens all the time...kids act like animals...beat their parents...with anthing and everything...and when the parents retaliate...they get branded and burdened with proving their innocence...sometimes respect is earned the hard way...through brutality...ask any warrior pounding the parched desert of some foreign...double hump...camel jockey country...those bastards didn't respect us until we came over and started kickin' their asses back to the stone age...swattin' a kid on the ass...backhandin' a sassy mouth that utters disrespectful discourse at those that spare no expense to raise them...grounding a child to a specific area for stepping out of line...with underground hidden electric fences and shock collars if necessary...are all fabulous ideas in my book...they worked for my generation...I still open doors for ladies...and let them enter before me...I respect my elders enough to offer them assistance...even if I don't have time...I take time to listen to what my elders have to say...hoping to gain some hidden wisdom...you can't speak to kids these days without sending them a text...they have fully functional phones...capable of calling people...but they can't take their eyes off the screen long enough to make a phone call...if it comes in the form of a text...the will actually read it...otherwise you might as well be throwing paint in a fan to try and coat your walls evenly...the results will be the same...shit will go everywhere...and none of it will sink in where ya want it to...I think we should send all of our kids under the age of 13 to Washington D.C. for a week at a time to live in the pocket of a politician...they wanna protect them...let them parent them for a week...we'll be spankin' kids in school again in no time...I don't know what the answer is...but I know what the answer isn't...it isn't letting the government have any more power over how we conduct our lives...some things work well in moderation...child abuse is excessive and should be controlled accordingly...but discipling our children with a little physical punishment will go a long ways towards how they act as adults...if they get that far...HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!