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Violent response



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Does David J Hollingdale (Letters, 8 May) not realise the simple truth that violence breeds violence? As for his "teachers of yesteryear" I can remember being a student music teacher at Preston Street Primary and witnessing a teacher (whose name I have fortunately forgotten) with the belt always in her hand, parading up and down the rows of children, lashing out at any child who moved a muscle or answered a question wrongly. Your correspondent will be advocating hanging n
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  • Last Updated: 13 May 2008 8:09 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Itchy,

14/05/2008 07:27:46
Nonsense. What these children needed was 12 rounds with Muhammad Ali if they sneezed or looked at someone funny.

That would have taught them respect. Because they weren't beaten up by a heavyweight boxer, look at the mess society is in today and all that rubbish.....
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Dave from Barra ©,

Western Isles 14/05/2008 07:56:03
Thrash them all, plus thier parents to an inch of thier very existance!

Then those that duly conform can go about thier business in safety and comfort.

 

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