India collapsed before the final of Asia cup after a loss to
Pakistan, their tagged arch rivals. Sahara chief Mr. Subrato Roy tasted black ink due to a non
refund of money to their investors. LS polls’ dates have been released leaving
the prestigious IPL in disarray with its head either in UAE or Bangladesh and
tail in India. So, India has really a lot of activities going on. Amid all
these, I try to make you sleep over the third way of reinforcement which is
named punishment, a frequently used noun. Remember the second part of the
series? This one is exactly its mirror image because in the second one we
eliminated a negative situation while in this one we throw upon a negative
situation, all for the same motive of a positive change. By now, parents must
have relived the minutes of scolding their toddlers and teachers, the tight
slaps to the mischievous students’ club of schools! Punishments are being used
since the earliest of time to make the wrong doers realize their mistake. The Big
Five punishments of ancient dynastic china were brutal and really can force a
person to fear the wrong. It included tattooing, cutting off the nose,
amputation, castration and finally death.
Punishments are an effective way to combat unpleasant
behavior but they are like antibiotics, excessive use has dangerous side
effects and should be used after correctly judging the requirement. When a sick
throat can be handled with a handful of Tulsi leaves then antibiotics should be
at a distance. Similarly when a wrongdoing can be rectified with mutual
understanding or the previous two ways then punishment should be far off or you
will blame yourselves for another wrongdoing, this time by you but side by side
sometimes antibiotics is the only option left for us.
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