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A story is told that a man took his new bride for a carriage ride on their honeymoon. Apparently they got a nervous horse, because a piece of paper flew across the road and the horse bolted. The man regained control over the horse and said, “that’s one.” Later on in the ride, a rabbit jumped out and the horse bolted again. When he regained control the second time, he said, “that’s two.” A few minutes later, there was a loud noise and the horse bolted again. The man said, “that’s three” and pulled out a gun and shot the horse dead. His new bride was appalled. She said, “Honey, I can’t believe you just shot that horse. That’s awful.” Her husband looked at her and said, “that’s one.” Like I said, any reasonable person knows the difference between discipline and abuse.

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