It is generally accepted within the least acclaimed scientific circles that tapping began as a ritual or, more accurately, a rite of passage into manhood, in tribal Uganda. Ugandan war tribes often subscribed to the adage, "It takes a village to raise a child." More importantly, however, it became more and more apparent that, "It takes a tapper to show a jerk who's the boss." In this vein, it became commonplace for a village elder to visit the thatched-roof cottage of a male on the eve of his thirteenth birthday and arrange his presentation to the tribal champion as an obnoxious adolescent punk. The child was then walked to the village commons at sunrise of the next morning and restrained by his father and a designated elder, at which time the tribal champion swiftly backhanded the boy's p