I will attempt to distill the essence of his thesis here to save you the time. The problem with punishment is that it is essentially reverse psychology. It only works as an alternative to a positive approach when repeated attempts at the positive approach have failed. If one uses reverse psychology too often, or if one thinks that reverse psychology works in all situations, then this becomes backward psychology.

Repetition of punishment has two terrible effects. Firstly, the best way to teach is by example. What example is it, if one teaches that suffering is a good way of ending suffering? The consequence is that the victim simply learns to punish others, as this is just normal now, it is just the way things are. The essence of right and wrong is lost within the illogical repetition of reverse thinking.

Even worse, people become resilient to punishment after a while. Indeed, they learn how to thrive on it. Part of our natural survival mechanism is that when the pain becomes too much to bare, adrenalin kicks in. Having played some pretty rough sport, I can assure you that when I am partly injured, a ferocity comes into me, a blood lust. I start to laugh at the pain, and just use it to play harder. Now all my attention is focused on defeating the opposition.

If this were not so, then boxing would not exist, as after one punch the fight would end in tears. The more you hit me, the more I want to hit back. The harder you hit me, the harder I want to hit back. After all, we are very similar physically, so I know that if you believe you can beat me, then I must be able to beat you just as easily.

Highlanders, when fighting the Sassenach, would cut themselves before going into battle in order to bring the blood lust on earlier.

Masochists teach themselves to enjoy pain, to defeat the sadists, who ultimately inflict pain on others first in the hope that they will not be hurt themselves.

In a rugby game, if you take the knocks and the rough stuff with a smile on your face, enjoying the brutality of it all, this defeats the opposition's spirit. The more they rough up Schalk Burger, the more he smiles and the better he plays. How awful for the opposition! The way to play against him is to be polite and friendly to him. I think this would confuse him, and he may become angry and make mistakes trying to get you angry.

This is why non-believers fear Christians, because suffering has become a blessing. Martyrs that blow themselves up win no points here at all. Who can be scared of a fool who dies when he does not have to? That is a sign of desperation, not heroism. A true hero values his life and health, but he just values Justice even more. He is prepared to suffer or die for what is right : but he does not seek suffering and death, he has just learnt how to survive suffering, then after a while, he starts to thrive on it.

I remember once having my finger sliced to the bone in an April fools joke. The cut was so deep that I just laughed. I couldn't even feel one iota of pain. Not even as painful as a pin prick. But after the stitches were in and the anesthetic wore off, then it was bloody sore for months afterwards.