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To spank or not to spank?
New proposed Massachusetts legislation aims to make all corporal punishment illegal.
Carol Lloyd [2007-11-29]

  • No way in hell should spanking be outlawed

    Please read Cary Tennis' current letter if you think spanking should be outlawed.

    The issue is NOT whether or not parents should spank their children. The issue is giving still MORE power to a beaurocratic agency which is already unable to protect truly abused children due to a lack of resources.

    Is the law to outlaw spanking going to include a law to jack up the budgets of the Child Protective Services? A law to criminalize false accusations? A law to rescind the ability to make anonymous accusations?

    This is beside the point of the above, but I can only vaguely remember the spankings I received...the mean things my parents said to me echo in my head with perfect clarity 25+ years later. Shall we outlaw parents saying hurtful things to their children?

    -- spankathon
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    Friday, November 30, 2007 11:27 AM
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