Spanking?

[Athene]

No, I do not.
And I said no such thing, as you are perfectly well-aware of. 

Do you think it's okay to continue to paint me as a child abuser or advocate for child abuse just because you feel I've defied your moral absolute by suggesting that context is important? 
I sure as hell don't. 

Personally, I think your willingness to hurl horrendous and very serious allegations towards people who disagree you is actually pretty fucking despicable.
It pretty much confirms my suspicion that you're essentially tyrannical fuck-shit as a mod.

I tell ya...Give some motherfuckers a title, and they just lose their goddamned minds.


F*ck Boru

1.  It sure read that way.

2.  I don't have a 'moral absolute'.  It's a personal opinion.  If you can't cope with that, it's on you.

3.  LOL, you don't know anything about my activities as a mod. Without going into detail, I've reported and voted against people I get along with and defended some people I don't get along with (for example, I could have reported you for threatening behavior, but I didn't).

So...yeah.

Could you give me your reason(s) why you think it's okay to physically strike children, as opposed to some other methods of discipline?

Boru

1. Sure it reads that way, IF you're blinded by Boru-rage.

2. Actually, you do on this particular matter.

3. You also relentlessly needle and bully certain members from thread to thread whenever the mood strikes you.
   Don't play dumb.

    And you didn't report me for threatening behavior because you know goddamned well I haven't threatened you.
    If you're going to continue to maintain that I did, I going to have to insist that you bring me the receipts.

    Good luck with that.

For the nth time, and as I made clear from my very first post in this thread: I am not a proponent of spanking and do not regard it as an acceptable substitute for non-corporal methods of correction and actual parenting. I simply recognize that some parents see a need to resort to it when reasonable methods have proved to be ineffective and a child is engaging in a dangerous/risky behavior that is decidedly more harmful than a single spanking--And that I am unwilling to label a parent who spanks under such circumstances as a child abuser. They're not. Not in eyes of the law, and not in my own eyes, though I may not like it.

IMO, potentially turning an otherwise normal families' world upside down with separation, case workers, the foster system, criminal prosecution, lawyers, and loss of employment and income, etc. and changing the courses of all their lives based off of nothing other than an a single spanking would be a wholly irrational, senselessly punitive, dick move that utterly fails to take the big picture into account. 
When it comes to taking morally sound action in real life, clinging to black and white thinking and lofty ideals doesn't quite get the job done, Boru. You've got to dig a little deeper and actually make an effort to think shit through. 

You don't care for my position? Fine by me.
I'm honored to meet your disapproval.