Barkley: I don’t know where he’s from, I’m from the south, whooping, we do it all the time. Every black parent in the South is going to be in jail under those circumstances.
Rome: It doesn’t matter where you’re from, right is right and wrong is wrong.
Barkley: Nooo…I don’t believe that. We spank kids in the South.
Rome: I don’t want to tell anybody how to raise their kids and I don’t really want anyone telling me how to raise mine, but let’s make a distinction between child rearing and child abuse.
Barkley: That’s very…
Rome: That’s child abuse. There’s no fine line here.
Barkley: I think there’s a fine line. I’ve had many welts on my leg.
Rome: Welts like that?
Barkley: Oh yeah, I got beat with switches.