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    246 months ago

    Kids back then were seen as property of their parents (in case you were wondering where that idea comes from when it pops up now and again today), and thus technically their discipline was also the province of their parents.

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        126 months ago

        Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.

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            36 months ago

            Right, hence him saying ‘I know I haven’t any right to do this’. He was infringing on their rights, with them not present to object.

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              6 months ago

              Yes, and he’s also infringing on their rights when he beats them up, yet has no problem with it.