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« on: January 06, 2010, 01:28:35 AM »
No, generally. There are exceptions though (excessive force, leaving scars, etc.)
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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 01:38:39 AM »
No, I've spanked kids before and sometimes they just deserve it. I wouldn't spank my daughter, but I guess I have a double standard for girls on this issue.
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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2010, 01:43:46 AM »
No, yet another reason I hate the UN.
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« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2010, 01:49:13 AM »
For kids, yes.
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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2010, 01:50:25 AM »

Define "kid".
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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2010, 01:55:04 AM »
Under 18. Also applies to anyone non-consenting.

BTW for something terrifying check out this map:



The red states still allow corporal punishment in public schools.
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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2010, 01:56:43 AM »
Quote from: An Absurd and Unrealistic Dream of Peace on January 06, 2010, 01:55:04 AM
Under 18. Also applies to anyone non-consenting.

BTW for something terrifying check out this map:



The red states still allow corporal punishment in public schools.

I'm surprised Utah doesn't allow corporate punishment in schools. I thought Mormons liked firm discipline.
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« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2010, 02:01:36 AM »
Quote from: An Absurd and Unrealistic Dream of Peace on January 06, 2010, 01:55:04 AM
Under 18. Also applies to anyone non-consenting.

BTW for something terrifying check out this map:



The red states still allow corporal punishment in public schools.

Seems to be a strong correlation with Confederacy/Union
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« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2010, 02:13:20 AM »
Quote from: An Absurd and Unrealistic Dream of Peace on January 06, 2010, 01:55:04 AM
The red states still allow corporal punishment in public schools.

Yeah my mom is only 40 and she was hit by teachers in school in North Carolina
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« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2010, 02:22:22 AM »
No.

Quote from: An Absurd and Unrealistic Dream of Peace on January 06, 2010, 01:55:04 AM
The red states still allow corporal punishment in public schools.

Good for them.
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« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2010, 02:30:19 AM »
Yes, and any parent who does should be put in jail.
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« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2010, 02:33:36 AM »
No, but school employees shouldn't be allowed to strike students unless in self-defense.

It is disturbing that close to half the states still allow corporal punishment...
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« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2010, 02:37:51 AM »
Quote from: Napoleon IV on January 06, 2010, 01:56:43 AM
I'm surprised Utah doesn't allow corporate punishment in schools. I thought Mormons liked firm discipline.

I'm a lapsed Mormon, although the vast majority of my family is not. My non-Mormon family thinks spankings are just part of child rearing; they're Southern Baptists and Presbyterians from rural North Carolina and that's to be expected. My step-dad's family is Catholic, and they spank all the time; they're Croatian and very traditional. I have lived in Utah, spent countless nights in Mormon homes, and been around thousands of Mormon families. I have rarely, IF EVER, heard of kids being spanked in Mormon households.
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« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2010, 02:38:36 AM »
Quote from: Magic 8-Ball on January 06, 2010, 02:33:36 AM
No, but school employees shouldn't be allowed to strike students unless in self-defense.

It is disturbing that close to half the states still allow corporal punishment...

That's only corporate punishment in schools. I'm sure much more allow corporal punishment at home.
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« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2010, 03:12:42 AM »
Quote from: useful idiot on January 06, 2010, 02:13:20 AM
Quote from: An Absurd and Unrealistic Dream of Peace on January 06, 2010, 01:55:04 AM
The red states still allow corporal punishment in public schools.

Yeah my mom is only 40 and she was hit by teachers in school in North Carolina
I'm 36 and was spanked at school in Illinois.

As for the OP, yes, of course.
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« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2010, 04:43:43 AM »
Sure. I also think that socially ostracizing parents who do it is perfectly fine as well.
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« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2010, 05:20:19 AM »
No.  I'm glad my parents spanked me - otherwise I probably would've been a heck of a lot more rebelious.
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« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2010, 05:27:42 AM »
Always?  100% of the time?
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« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2010, 05:30:21 AM »
Quote from: Sewer Socialist on January 06, 2010, 05:22:36 AM
Quote from: Governor, Fmr. Chairman, Fmr. Judge, & Queen Mum Inks.LWC on January 06, 2010, 05:20:19 AM
No.  I'm glad my parents spanked me - otherwise I probably would've been a heck of a lot more rebelious.


Rebellion is good.

Rebellion wouldn't have gotten me a full-tuition scholarship.
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« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2010, 06:48:56 AM »

Same.  It solidified my sense of right and wrong.
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« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2010, 07:12:58 AM »
« Edited: January 06, 2010, 11:13:54 PM by A Winner Needs a Wand »
For kids, yes, in terms of hardcore red bottom spanking anyway.

In the bedroom between consenting adults, hell no!
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« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2010, 08:55:21 AM »
Yes.

And that's not really working.
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« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2010, 09:11:01 AM »
Nope......and I survived it being allowed in schools too.........go figure.
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« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2010, 11:57:58 AM »
Of course.  Its logical, it has been practiced with much succes for centuries and it is biblical.

Spare the rod, spoil the child. 

It is NOT abuse.
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« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2010, 02:22:49 PM »
No, though spanking that constitutes a beating should be. My parents' philosophy on the rare occasion it was necessary was "until it hurts", nothing more and nothing less, and they only used that punishment like four times. It was mainly if I had done something really bad or was being a particular brat at the time, otherwise they preferred non-corporal punishments.
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