Rolando@lemmy.world to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 18 hours agoEverett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-down1imageEverett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)lemmy.worldRolando@lemmy.world to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 18 hours agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original. Found on the Library of Congress site.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 hours agoIt 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.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 hours agoKids 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.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agoWhere is the follow up comic of Everett slapping the parents around?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 hours agoBut isn’t beating someone up also a violation of their rights?
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 hours agoKids 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.
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.