Time out or ass beating?

Earlier in the week, I had a conversation with my girlfriend about kids at her job being spoiled, throwing fits, and being disrespectful to others (she works at a daycare). I tell her, "if those where my kids id whoop their ass!". She then goes and asks me "If we do get married, and have kids, are you going to whip our kids?". I instantly said "Yes", which she wasn't against it (thank god). What I am trying to say is, whooping your kids is a good thing. Maybe some people out there have a different method of controlling their kid's, which is ok, but once in a while those those kid's need a good ass whooping. I see too many kid's now a days that disrespect their parents in public places and also some in my family and with friends that have kid's. Now don't get me wrong, I ain't calling them bad parent's or judging their way of raising kids, what I'm trying to get too is hitting your kids is not bad. Now I ain't talking about a severe beating, like throwing a chair at them LOL.
Growing up my dad and at times, my mom, would whoop me. I remember some of those ass beatings. Yea I did something wrong, and I deserved them. I grew up with a little fear towards my dad. I would think twice of doing something stupid because of the fear of getting him mad and get an ass beating. Sometimes when I talk to people about it, and tell them that I lost count of how many times he beat my ass, many are shocked of how much he whooped my ass. But I always tell em, as ironic as it sounds, I appreciate all those ass beatings growing up, made me the person I am now. I was a lazy student through out school, but my dad kept my ass in line to finish high school, and now I'm less than a year away from finishing college. And not just because of school, but I would do some stupid things outside the house that would get me beatings. All I'm trying to say because of his strict method growing up, I think I turned out pretty good. Like stated before, I had a little fear towards my dad, but he was also my best friend. I loved hanging out with him, and we have a relationship that I don't see in many. We are always joking around, and we can talk about everything, if it's talking about religion, sports, politics, advice or just his old growing up stories in Mexico. Well I guess, what I am really trying to say is that many people see hitting your kids is a bad thing, many see it as a extremely horrible thing. I can say my ass beatings and how I was raised where a positive impact in my life.