Spanking?

[Athene]

Context provides clarity, not grey zones.  

Yup..Context provides clarity in navigating the gray areas--which indeed, are there. 
That's what I was saying.

I'm entirely certain that you can replace "spanking" with "beating"...and when you do that, peoples reactions on the board make alot more sense.  I've explained the context of spanking, and what I mean when I say I spank my kids, before, with the same people..and it always ends with some comment akin to "that's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about such and such horrible fucking thing".

Well, no shit, I'm not some dickensian villain that wails on his kids so that he doesn't have to..you know..watch them.... lol.

Well here in this thread, most folks don't care to acknowledge that distinction between spanking and beating and seem to prefer regarding them as one and the same. I don't know what the reasons are for the alleged change in tune it now. I suspect that self-congratulatory virtue-signaling accounts for much of it, but the reasons may vary. It is what it is.
I regard beating as abuse, as I've mentioned before. And while spanking is something I disagree with on general principle, I don't presume someone to be an abuser, or even a "bad parent" necessarily, unless they resort to spanking as a primary means of discipline. Going by the information that you've disclosed about yourself and your family over the years and gut feeling, I don't think you fit the bill as either.

Interesting that I haven't seen too much of folks accusing you of such, yet have had a few accuse me pretty relentlessly, despite my having made the same distinctions you have AND clearly stating that I don't approve of spanking children in all or most of my posts.

Lol...Maybe they're afraid you'll beat them up.