Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original.
Found on the Library of Congress site.
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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I honestly think he had every right to do that in that situation. Kid aims a gun at you and gets a spanking? Kid got of light...
I'm guessing it's a BB gun, but still not good to point at people
Could still fuck your eyes up.
Yeah it makes no difference, a gun is a gun.
That's Gun 101.
It was surprising to see Everett say he didn't have the right to spank him when he beats the shit out of guys all the time with nary a thought.
Kids back then were seen as property of their parents (in case you were wondering where that idea comes from when it pops up now and again today), and thus technically their discipline was also the province of their parents.
Where is the follow up comic of Everett slapping the parents around?
But isn't beating someone up also a violation of their rights?
Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.