Yet another Clamhoarding, Castling Discussion

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
I do not call being smacked with a ruler for failure to pay attention in class child abuse. I do not call being spanked for failure to follow the rules child abuse. But I doubt you're old enough to understand. You weren't around then. You don't remember what it was like.

How old I am is irrelevant, as are both of your examples above, since neither qualifies for the "beating" descriptor. When you say that children aren't beaten enough, you are stating that children aren't physically injured enough through repetitive blows, since that's basically what the term means.

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Neither qualifies for "beating" descriptor? Y'know, I might agree - being one of those kids who was beaten, with a barber strop, with a walking stick, once with a rifle cleaning rod.

But frankly - the law in the USA calls a spanking or smacking someone with a ruler child abuse, and sometimes even assault. And lots and lots of bleeding heart liberals do call those "beatings", and report parents to the police for child abuse because they "beat" their children (aka, spanked them). And the children are taken away, and sometimes criminal charges are filed, and all too often the parents need to spend boat loads of money on a lawyer to get the children back, not to mention to try to avoid a criminal conviction.

In the meantime, other children are beaten to death, in areas where the neighbors don't ever call the authorities, or where the case workers are too overworked and simply don't follow through.

Color me mildly disgusted, that personal animosity from a game is enough to get people accusing one another of advocating child abuse.

Feh.