This thread got me to wondering so I pulled up my archive of saved Word documents. I narrowed what I looked at down to files saved at the start of the year up through the present date: approximately 450,000 words halfway into the year. Add that to the ballpark 750 words I write on average each day in forums and emails etc., I get to one million words roughly every eleven months.

Hmm.

Perhaps you should take this assignment as a sign your Dom is in it for the long haul!

In all seriousness, however, simply sit down and have a discussion with your Dom about the perceived severity of the punishment in relation to the crime(s) committed. Unless this is a habitual occurrence in your relationship, I can't imagine he'd be opposed to hearing your side of things if approached in a mature and reasonable way.