And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I grew up under the sticks and stones rule. I didn't put my hands on you so why should you put your hands on me or my family.
Men often still expect women to be under their thumb.
If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.
Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.
Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation.
On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.
Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
Measuring sticks try to rank some people as big and some people as small - but we aren't sizes. We are souls. There are no better people or worse people - there are only God-made souls.