A Song for James Dobson

"Marie Provost" - Nick Lowe

Amanda had a very disturbing post yesterday that combined the horror of the tased ten-year old girl in Arkansas with the repulsive revelation that James Dobson beats his twelve pound dachshund with a belt.  Thus was added to the cosmic question of what kind of a police officer would tase a ten year old girl (and what kind of mother would ask that this be done), the equally nauseating inquiry of what kind of a man would beat a twelve-pound dog with a belt (and boast of it).  As I commented -- and I really mean it -- if I ever see Dobson befouling our nation's capital with his presence I will pound the living shit out of him on behalf of poor Sigmund.     

Another commenter suggested that s/he hoped Dobson had a stroke and was eaten by his dog.  I could only think of this little ditty.  And hope. 

Comments

[Prup (aka Jim Benton)]

The truly repulsive thing is that Dobson is actually comparatively mild for the 'bible based baby beating' set. Three years ago I did a long article -- mostly a compendium of actual quotes from 'Christian child rearing manuals.' As I said in the introduction -- with some editorial assistance from Martin Rundkvist, whose blog it was posted on --

Warning: the following will be and should be disturbing to many of you, particularly parents. If you are squeamish, or think that children are individuals to be loved rather than creatures whose main job is to obey mindlessly, you might want to avoid this. But you may be the ones who most need reading it.

Sadly, it is literally stomach-turning, and make sure you have nothing breakable or throwable around if you read it. I'll just mention one small section, the 'recommended size of the rods for each age' according to one book:

The Fugates maintain that when a rod is used by a parent, the child does not focus on the person using the rod but the rod itself. A child should be, if necessary -- which it shouldn't be since he should be already trained to obedience by eight to twelve -- chastized up until the age of twenty.

From the time the toddler begins to crawl until about 15 months ("age is no real criteria [sic] -- how large and how stubborn the child is will be the real issue") use a blackboard pointer, a balloon rod, or an eighth-inch dowel rod.

Age 1-2 a "tot rod" -- 3/16" by 24" dowel

2-4 "mob control' -- 1/4" by 24"

4-8 "train or consequences" -- 5/16" by 27"

8-12 "the equalizer" -- 3/8" by 27"

12+ "the rebel router" -- 1/2" by 33"
(The last is the length of, and one third the thickness of, an average major league baseball bat.)

[sorry for not blockquoting, my wife is reminding me tonight was supposed to be for us, and I'm rushing.]

[big bad wolf]

jesus of cool. as surely it was in 1978. what a weird song, even for nick

[Sir Charles]

Not quite as odd as "Nutted by Reality."

[big bad wolf]

absolutely correct