You thought wrong. Which, I suppose, isn’t all that surprising.
So let me make sure I understand your thought process here. A belt and an extension cord as the same because they’re both whip like objects, yes? Well then, following the same logic, does this mean that paddle is the same as a 2x4, or a bat, because they could all be considered blunt objects? A rhetorical question, obviously, as there’s a very good chance that disciplining a child with a ruler or a paddle won’t get you fined or thrown in jail while disciplining with a 2x4 or a bat, will. There goes that “unspoken, crazy rule”, I suppose.
(Edit: For your sake, never get beaten with a extension cord.)
Well, first and foremost, since it’s all the rage around here, I think you mean displayed, instead of betrayed. But I’m not a Grammar Nazi (unlike some), so I’m not going to focus on that. Second of all, to answer your question, no, you can’t. Perhaps you should go back and read your own responses in this thread. For a while, you were seemingly arguing against hitting a child, period (i.e., post #197), or at the very least that it’s unecessary. Now you’re apparently arguing that it’s okay to hit a child but only in appropriate ways. So again I ask you, which is it?
If you’re arguing the first, that’s it’s not okay to physically discipline a child, then the manner in which the child is physically disciplined is irrelevant, as all physical discipline is wrong. If it’s the second, then the question is what do you think is appropriate and what do you think is not? I’ve asked this question before and I’ve gotten no answer. Hopefully I’ll get a response this time.
I direct you to the response above.
Yes, you’re right. I suppose that’s why I’ve been saying a parent should be allowed to beat a child to within an inch of his or her life, break multiple bones, cause the loss of limb or appendage, cause internal bleeding or any other such injuries.
So you find the distinction between beating your child with a belt and beating them with a crowbar to be absurd? That says more about your character (or, more specifically, state of mind) than it does anything about me.
They can? By whom? Since I’ve seen people talk about things which are culturally acceptable, you’re going to be hard pressed to argue that disciplining your child via a belt, a ruler, a paddle or a switch are considered to be equivalent to, say, disciplining your child with an extension cord, a hot iron, a 2x4 or any other such item you can think of.
Pity them, why?
…Oh, wait. Is this one of those situations where you assume that because someone, in this case me, says that he doesn’t feel any sort of outrage over the father’s actions that it somehow correlates to that someone, again me, would discipline their child in the same way? Because, you know, that would be a stupid-- not to mention foolish, presumptuous and just all around asinine-- assumption to make.
Right. So are you looking for a serious response here, or was this just added in to kind of make me roll my eyes and shake my head in shame at you?
I only scanned over some of it. I don’t know since I am obviously NAL, but in a domestic abuse case establishing a general pattern of abuse over a period of years could (should?) be germane to prosecuting any one charge, even if some of the evidence that establishes that pattern fell outside of the statute of limitations.