[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

All I can say is a resounding... "maybe".

And that to me, she looks pretty comfortable swinging her arm, and he looks pretty used to being slapped by his mother.

I might be making too many assumptions I suppose, that's true. But the entire premise of this thread to me smells like it'll take inevitable sidestep into "if parents still smacked their kids these things wouldn't happen" / "they should bring back hitting people with sticks in school to teach respect then there would never be in riots". And other statements of complete and utter nonsense.

I was just trying to pre-empt that, I suppose. If she was just overwhelmed and snapped, fine, but this is not the answer nor is it to be applauded. Violence of any kind against someone you love, for any reason, or as a reaction to anything, is never the answer.

..no I'm not remotely applauding it but it's also not assuming so much more from her actions in a highly emotive and extraordinary situation and her fear at that moment for her son and the realising that he was part of it all...one isolated action does not make a 'history'...we brought back the hitting with sticks in our school quite a while ago btw only it's the children who have them and do the hitting....