>>This is child abuse of the worst kind!<<
I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of people abused as children who would disagree with you on that one. It wasn’t pleasant for the child, certainly, but hardly the worst kind of child abuse.
I agree with you. In my anger, I overstated the case.
Nonetheless, it was a despicable thing the principal did to that boy and there is no excuse for it. He should lose his job over this.