• gorgori@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    There was a time when corporal punishment was actively encouraged - Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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      2 months ago

      Yes, in the iron age when that book you’re quoting from was written. They also believed in reading bird entrails to tell the future and bleeding people in order to cure their illnesses.