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You've contradicted yourself. You said school age kids know right from wrong. You later said a 6 year old is still in the process of learning. A 6 year old is of school age.

No studies exist that show this. Post one.

Why is this different to when it is used by parents, which you endorsed?

I don't know if anyone else will understand the humour in that situation. Maybe you had to be there.

I had a dream that I was reunited with a girl I used to know who was one of my best friends for years and I always had romantic feelings for, but it never went anywhere. She then introduced me to her muscular black male friend, who fucked me with his huge cock. I thought this was quite funny...

If the state can't administer discipline to children, why do we grant it the right over our beings to regulate adult behaviour via the police and the judiciary?

I don't understand how a young child can be developed enough to recognize the cause and effect of smacking, but not of other punishments. I don't think the emotional impact of isolating them for a time out, in combination with you raising your voice and using aggressive body language, is that...

^ I agree, islam is probably the dominant religion in Australia.

But one of a teachers responsibilities is to apply discipline to maintain some sort of order in the classroom. If physical punishment is a good means of this, why not make it available as an option? What is the harm in having teachers use this punishment? Teachers have a huge amount of...

Judging by this thread: http://community.boredofstudies.org/214/news-current-affairs-politics/224764/smacking-child-ever-acceptable.html, most members of this forum believe that the use of physical punishment, when the force used is reasonable and children continue to misbehave in the face of...

Having studied environmental science at newcastle, and having known several geology graduates, I have compared the programs for environmental science at other unis to what newcastle offers and can easily say Newcastle is the only uni I would consider studying this course at. The earth science...

True, but the point was that under the same circumstances a pit bull will be dangerous where other breeds won't. You don't need to be an experienced owner or apply particularly careful training to have a miniature schnauzer that is safe around children. To have one ever attack an adult, you'd...

I wasn't aware of where and how the cane was traditionally applied, obviously it should be applied so as not to cause lasting damage. If a certain punishment is to the benefit of the child, it shouldn't matter who is applying it. Indeed, if it is good for children under certain circumstances...

I don't see the difference. Your mother threatened you with a riding crop, if you'd continually misbehaved in the face of her warnings, she'd been forced to use it and follow through on her threats, would that have been wrong? You can hit very hard with a hand, or very softly with a stick, I...

Hey kwayera, would you support the reintroduction of the cane to schools?

What is the difference between the use of the cane by teachers and smacking by parents? Why is one justified and not the other? Why is it okay for parents to meet out punishment but not teachers though? What makes parents better judges of appropriate punishment? If anything teachers are more...

10% of king charles cavalier don't have sringomyelia. Does this justify the existence of the breed? A minority of entirely safe, non-violent dogs doesn't mean there isn't a higher genetic predisposition to violence. A predisposition does not mean 100% of a breed have to suffer a condition...

How do you reliably determine what those states are though? Same reason pascals wager fails. You can't be sure you're following the right god, the right religion, the right values, or that god will reward and not punish his worship etc... How can you know you're not choosing incorrectly and...

What's wrong with my picture anyway?

I once had opportunity to ask Mark H. Pritchard, leading expert on gnosticism, his thoughts about relative and absolute truth. He responded that the only truth we might be certain of is our immediate sensory perception. We can observe that our sensory experience is true, and choose how we wish...