xmojox
March 22nd, 2013, 10:00 AM
A low-level female executive in her late 30's sits nervously at her desk fiddling with a pen when her phone rings. The voice on the other end of the phone tells her that Mr. Smith will see her now, and the color drains from her face. She hangs up the phone and rises slowly from her desk chair, and makes her way through a busy workplace and down a hall to a door with a plaque on it that reads Fielding Smith, Executive Vice-President of Marketing.She nervously knocks on the door then enters, trepidation clear on her face.
Mr. Smith, a man, and much bigger than she, rises from his desk and orders her to sit, while he paces around for a few moments.
Finally, he leans against his desk, looking down at her, and speaks. "Ms. Jenkins, we have a problem. I told you that I needed the NorCom report on my desk first thing this morning. It's now 10:30, and I haven't seen it. What do you have to say for yourself, young lady?"
She stiffens, then replies, "I-I'm sorry Mr. Smith, I tried. I really did. M-my kids are sick, and I've been dealing with that, my husband hasn't been at home to help me with them at all a-an-and I think he's been seeing another woman on the side. And to top it all off, my best-friend has been talking about me behind my back." Tears begin to slide slowly down her cheeks.
"You always seem to have excuses, don't you? I've told you time and time again that there were going to be consequences if you continue this behavior, haven't I?"
"Y-y-yes, Mr. Smith, you have."
"Then, I think it's high-time I demonstrate those consequences to you." This is said as Mr. Smith is removing his narrow leather belt. "Lower your trousers and underwear and bend over my desk, Anne. This is going to hurt me far more than it hurts you." He snaps the belt loudly, sounding like a gun shot in the well-appointed office....
Wait...what the hell? Obviously this would never happen. It would be illegal on so many levels, and, yet, it happens every day in millions of households in America, and it's perfectly legal in every state. The only difference? It's a parent and a child, rather than an employer and employee. It's legal in every state in America to do something to a child that, should it be done to an adult, would land someone behind bars so fast their head would spin.
What are your views on spanking? Let's try and not be emotional about this, but, rather, let's have a rational discussion.
Mr. Smith, a man, and much bigger than she, rises from his desk and orders her to sit, while he paces around for a few moments.
Finally, he leans against his desk, looking down at her, and speaks. "Ms. Jenkins, we have a problem. I told you that I needed the NorCom report on my desk first thing this morning. It's now 10:30, and I haven't seen it. What do you have to say for yourself, young lady?"
She stiffens, then replies, "I-I'm sorry Mr. Smith, I tried. I really did. M-my kids are sick, and I've been dealing with that, my husband hasn't been at home to help me with them at all a-an-and I think he's been seeing another woman on the side. And to top it all off, my best-friend has been talking about me behind my back." Tears begin to slide slowly down her cheeks.
"You always seem to have excuses, don't you? I've told you time and time again that there were going to be consequences if you continue this behavior, haven't I?"
"Y-y-yes, Mr. Smith, you have."
"Then, I think it's high-time I demonstrate those consequences to you." This is said as Mr. Smith is removing his narrow leather belt. "Lower your trousers and underwear and bend over my desk, Anne. This is going to hurt me far more than it hurts you." He snaps the belt loudly, sounding like a gun shot in the well-appointed office....
Wait...what the hell? Obviously this would never happen. It would be illegal on so many levels, and, yet, it happens every day in millions of households in America, and it's perfectly legal in every state. The only difference? It's a parent and a child, rather than an employer and employee. It's legal in every state in America to do something to a child that, should it be done to an adult, would land someone behind bars so fast their head would spin.
What are your views on spanking? Let's try and not be emotional about this, but, rather, let's have a rational discussion.