text: No, a Christian leader doesn't thrash his sons, his staff in public like this.
  
  This is reminiscent of the thrashings that Saddam gave in assemblies or a succession of North Korean leaders!
  
  You take your son away in private, coach him, let  him begin again, and failing that you remove him, quietly.
  
  No dignity in this.
  
  It sadly reinforces the stereotypes of Latin American dictators/generals.
  
  Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not embitter your children..