Ever witness a memorable spanking in public?

What happened?

The second paragraph of the following old post by me describes my over-hearing a terrible beating of a friend by his father. Though I did not see it, the experience profoundly affected me. It had never occurred to me a parent would ever punish a child so severely It was horrible!

http://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;msg=599529

Wow that's awful. I've personally never had the experience of witnessing an event that didn't leave me shaken up/upset. But I know some other readers have, how amazing would it be to walk up on a consensual adult spanking?

I have acted as a witness for school paddlings on many occasions and have seen a few parent/child spankings. All of which seemed appropriate and reasonable to me and well-deserved by the recipient. None of the recipients experienced more than transient, although significant, discomfort from their punishment and despite the tears and their reaction to the spanking/paddling which lasted a very short period of time, I felt these punishment were deserved and needed.