Posts by Colin
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Robyn, I know what you mean - like all those Catholics who went to hell for eating meat on Friday before God changed his mind.
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OK 3410, and anyone else who remains 'unconvinced' - is it OK o smack an elderly senile person who is being difficult?
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I find it disturbing that this has generated so much passion. What kind of people choose to so passionately take up the cause of the right to hit their kids? As many have pointed out, we're not allowed to do it to animals.
And you can see how language has become a twisted tool in this debate - the term 'a loving smack' is simply sick. I heard Michael Laws on talk-back rant on about the right to 'physically correct our children'. On the same show a caller threatened to leave the country if the bill went through. He wouldn't want to live in a country where you can't hit children!
I wonder if this mentality extends to our old folk? it has been argued that the child's mind cannot be reasoned with, therefore smacking is OK. What if your elderly parent was suffering the effects of old age and was now in effect in a child-like mental state? If they became difficult and wouldn't go to bed, or threw their food on the floor, is it OK to hot them (in a loving way of course). Not OK? Because...? Well, its no different with kids.
And if you smack your kids, is it OK for them to hit you back? No? Because...Yes, hitting is wrong isn't it.