Well, just slap me!

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Now that the Fresh Prince and Chris Rock have sort of finished their go round.

Let me start with this: I do not believe in child abuse! But, I do believe in Corporal Punishment.

My opinion only: If you want to say bad things about my wife in public, you can expect my response to be: Rapid, Fierce, and Public!

Now about slapping. My dad was a child of in the Depression. Things were different than NOW. But as I grew up, when I crossed a line, THE LINE or any line. I got one swift slap across the face! Depending on directionality it could be backhand or a palm slap. This taught me to stop talking when told! To stop fleeing when told, and never never ever talk disrespectfully about any female human! I learned these lessons well before 5th grade!

When my wife and I started having children, I purposed in my heart to never slap my kids! (the oldest is now 44, and I never have!) My oldest was about 14 and sassed his mother when I wasn't there. The kindest, most wonderful mom in the world palm slapped his face so fast, the whole neighborhood learned that lesson! Nobody stood up to the plate for a second inning!

My children are late 30's to mid 40's. And the grandkids are 3 months to 16 years old. They answer when spoken to, they say "Yes Mamam" or No Sir". They have yet to be shot at (except while in combat zones) and only one minor arrest without incident. (Don't throw firecrackers at passing cars in Ohio!)

So, I'm guessing, but Chris Rock never got smacked for his foul mouth growing up! And I bet he is a little more circumspect about how he talks about women when their husband is in earshot! (because 'Within arm's reach, can change in an instant!) And maybe all of society will be just a little less foul mouthed.

Wheather, you agree or disagree I welcome comment.

Ivan
 
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Yeah, I think you're absolutely wrong on this one and I also think you've learned nothing about the backstory on all of this, he was quite literally HIRED to do precisely what he did, and it's also quite curious of why you write this big long thing today for some Hollywood nonsense that happened a YEAR ago.

I suspect that you are a fantastic father and that you were one also when your kids were young... certainly your call as to whether or not you should slap your own kids but that's literally nothing beyond one father's take, it's no definitive answer on the entire subject.
 
I forgot to add...

Your post seems to criticize Chris Rock's foul mouth and points to his upbringing as to why he's got a foul mouth. :D Chris Rock has built a career that absolutely puts him in the arena of the ALL TIME legends in his career field and his foul mouth is a huge part of that.

I urge you to find and watch "Bring the Pain."

Many may not care for his style or perhaps even his entire line of work, but if stand-up comedy were professional athletics, he would be in the Hall of Fame class.
 
Hahaha and you said "hmmm it is dying down, I need to stoke this fire!"

Man, unless you want to be once again surprised by the depravity of the rich & famous Hollyweird types, I urge you to not dig deeper in the the marital relationship issues of Will Smith and his wife. If you do, you may question where Will found his drive to pop up and assault Chris Rock.
 
My opinion is that it is proper to paddle/slap a child's backside if they don't mind/obey, but slapping them in the face as discipline is out of bounds.

I think Will Smith's slapping of Chris Rock at the Oscars shows an incredible lack of judgement. Smith later apologized, as he should have. I understand Rock recently had a show where he harped on the incident for quite a while, so I guess he is monetizing it.

On YouTube, if you look for Chris Rock's PSA on how to not get beat up by the police, the video is pretty funny. I think there no way he could make that video today as too many people would fall all over themselves complaining about it.
 
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Since my father was a Doctor and my mother a nurse, they never drew blood or inflicted cuts or hitting to the body.

However a bar of soap and a belt, would come into play if we messed up.

Sitting in a corner, going to bed early or not getting the evening meal, was also
a great way to let us know that we had gone too far, without physical action.

We learned that only one "No" or the evil "Eye" was enough for us to rethink what we were doing
before our father would be home from work.

Uncle "Gus" would mutter the words, "Put Put", to keep us in line.

It all worked out in the end for us.
 
The only time I saw either of my parents slap any of their children was when my 18 year old brother called my mom an effing b to her face. In my estimation the slap was warranted and appropriate for that child and that parent. Not every occasion is the same.
As far as 2 people who get millions of dollars for pretending? I couldn't care less.
 
For one, am not pleased with the level comedy has sunken to. cris rocks humor on the matter was a thinly veiled personal verbal attack on a woman's medical condition. It matters not what the woman's personal sex life was, the verbal attack wasn't about that, and it wasn't justified by the woman's life style.

The only thing someone should be sorry for was using an open hand slap.
 

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