That was an example of an incredibly stupid woman. No difference between a stone and a switch? Obviously the story was a made up lie to propgandize the issue but it is a good example why the peace prize is nothing but a polical tool for feeling good about yourself. Might as well call it the politically correct masterbation prize."When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastors wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child, she didnt believe in striking children, although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day, when her son was four or five, he did something that she felt warranted a spankingthe first in his life. She told him that he would have to go outside himself and find a switch for her to hit him with.
The boy was gone a long time. And when he came back in, he was crying. He said to her, Mama, I couldnt find a switch, but heres a rock that you can throw at me.
All of a sudden the mother understood how the situation felt from the childs point of view: that if my mother wants to hurt me, then it makes no difference what she does it with; she might as well do it with a stone.
And the mother took the boy into her lap and they both cried. Then she laid the rock on a shelf in the kitchen to remind herself forever: never violence. And that is something I think everyone should keep in mind. Because if violence begins in the nursery one can raise children into violence.
Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, 1978 Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
^^ Ironic post for a thread about spanking, since it's made of pure butthurt.