Shamus:
I am so pleased that if someone did that in my country they would lose custody of their child.
I wish.
Multiply that beating by about 10 and extend it for another 20 mins. That's what I lived through a couple of times a week for 17 years.
My parents would line all 5 of us up, arms out, and Dad would swing that belt on our hands\arms until I thought he was going to kill one of us.
I often had broken blood vessels on my arms, and the backs of my legs.
At some point, each of us kids went to the elders about it. I remember one elder sitting in our living room and telling my Dad that he had the right to do whatever he felt was necessary to keep CONTROL in his house. Thanks for all your help, Terry Smith, Sr.
Sorry, but that video brings up alot for me.