Well, not to minimize child abuse, but speaking from experience, my
parents believed in spanking and I seem to have turned out okay.
Actually, I do not recall any specific times of having been spanked;
however, I DO remember having my mouth washed out with soap for having
bitten my sister. Which seemed to me at the time (and still does) to be
a much worse punishment. :-)
Lisa
Volokh, Eugene wrote:
It also seems noteworthy to me that one of the arguments on
the list for having any bruise-inflicting corporal punishment of
children be criminal was equally applicable to minor spanking as well.
The argument was, “I have to wonder if there is anyone on this list who
would not consider it a battery (or assault depending on what your state
calls what used to be common law battery) if someone deliberately hit
them to the point of bruising them. Sounds like a tort or a crime to
me, and I find it hard to imagine how a claim of religious belief would
justify it. I suppose adults could consent to such interpersonal
behavior. but since children cannot legally consent to such harms, I
have to wonder how Vance can justify such abuse.” But I take it that
everyone on the list would consider it a battery if someone spanked them
even without bruising them, no?
So when the logic of the arguments suggests the illegality
of /all/ corporal punishment, it seems reasonable for people who support
some corporal punishment to think that the other side’s position would
go beyond just prohibiting bruising.
--
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