Brian Begg-Robertson ) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying :

Oh for God's sake, listen to yourselves! You just harden people like
that by giving them the birch. We have whole areas of the country
where the gun is king and people cary them knowing that to do so
shortens their own life expectancy to mid 20s if they are lucky, and
you expect them to respect the birch. Kids these days are savages.
Lock them up, throw the key away, pretend that it will make them
better people. It wont!

OK, fine.

So... Prison won't work for 'em. Corporal punishment won't work for 'em.

What DO you suggest? Or are you just overwhelmingly negative about
everything?