| One phrase caught my eye, 'uncontrollable psychopaths.' I think there lies the problem, in the fact that the kids have not been controlled. Every person needs control to achieve anything. In our infant years we get parental control, we learn to do as we're told or there will be pain to pay. We go to school and get controlled, made to do activities for increasing amounts of time, thus building up our ability to work, ie control ourselves. The more you want to achieve, the more it takes, and so the more self control you need.
'Uncontrollable psychopaths' are simply kids that have not learnt this control. Theyre either the product of inadequate parenting, or in some cases their own inadequate selves. Militaristic discipline works well with uncontrollable psychopaths, so does caning.
I dont like caning at all, but I'm coming to think there is a small out of control minority that need it or something similar in order to be brought to self control. With no self control, life is real hard.
Psychopaths can live successfully in the world if they learn self control. It does take far more discipline behaviour to teach them how to live ok though, since they lack the concerns that the rest of us have.
Lava! |