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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:08 AM Original message |
"it's even in the Bible"...from my editorial that was printed in the local newspaper |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. There's lots of things in the bible |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. Really. School paddling is still an issue where you live? |
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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Arkansas, I fell through a time warp when I moved here. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Have you considered lawsuits? |
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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I did check into it but the law specifically supports it. |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. As my friend Louis Grizzard, would say |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I don't find "love it or leave it" an appropriate response to child abuse. |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I wasn't talking about child abuse, I am a court advocate for Children |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. That was a fair statement on their part. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Excuse me, but since when is pointing out what's terribly wrong |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Then by " institutionalized violence against children" then |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No, dear, the school system |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. No it was "snarky",, and I apologize,, I get mad when the school systems |
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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. You are right about coming here for the lower real estate prices, |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You are the one who said you don't like it,, I own my property also |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. So, is paddling backwards? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:00 AM Original message |
Uganda's restrictions are stricter than US restrictions on corporal punishment. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't know - Given Juvenal Criminality rates..... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Most juvenile criminals--just like most adult criminals-- |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Children will seek attention "Positive or Negative" |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Nobody said anything about allowing the little dears to run loose without control. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Then explain why Juvenal Criminality rates are going through the roof |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Suggestion,,, Go into a juvenile court room and you can see the |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Will your absolutely correct |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. I believe much is a result of children having children |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. You're peddling a lot of misinformation. Juvenile crime has been dropping |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. If you are right,,, then why is the cost of prisons and courts going up?? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Because sentences are getting longer, more things are being criminalized, etc. |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Yes I agree,, However "Child Abuse" is becoming over used, |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. you mean this Legislative Analys is propaganda ? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Here, from the DOJ: |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. But those are not Juvenile Criminality Rates |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Here are some juvenile numbers. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. **crickets** |
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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. This reminds of what the principal told me, "For some children it's the only way to get their |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Agreed school paddling is BS |
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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. What do all criminals on death row have in common? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Absolutely. |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Not,,, They have in common that they MURDERED someone. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Except for the ones who are factually innocent, of course. |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. If that is the case then how many times was he or she spanked |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. People are forever looking to the Bible to justify their nastier impulses. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And whatever those nasty impulses are, it's easy to find a justification |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. When I was a child the teachers used a paddle. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I went to a 1-room country school in which one teacher taught 8 grades. |
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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. "Kids are like mules"???!!! Of course, you were all Christians. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. Children are spanked because that is what we've always done as a species. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Physical punishment is by no means universal in traditional cultures. |
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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
43. Anyway, my point was if you need justification for doing something ugly |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. Self-justification is a powerful tool. It frequently makes the NT as though it never happened. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Jesus approved of cruelty and suffering and killing your disobedient kids. LOTS and LOTS of it. |
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damyank913 (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:34 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. You obviously need someone to guide you through the bible... |
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stopschoolpaddling (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Wow, thank you, I've always had a real aversion to the bible but I never had all the knowledge |
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