[On corporal punishment]
Children were always beaten. Really, we are the first generation - Um, I'm not. I was beaten huge about when I was a child in prep school.
Really?
God, yes. From age seven 'til thirteen, at least twice a week. I was a bad boy, and I was always being thrashed.
What for?
Oh, stealing, lying, cheating, um, being cheeky, being a nuisance, evading games…
Bit of a smartarse, were you?
Yeah, being a smartarse...
...being too clever for your own good. That sort of thing. Always telling everyone what was going on.
All things that annoyed people about...
Well, they certainly beat that out of you, didn't they?
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