# Pitting PKBites

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 4, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-pkbites/950075 "2021-09-04T00:42:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-pkbites/950075/14 "2021-09-04T03:29:25Z")

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It’s possible you’re taking him too literally. I mean there’s corporal punishment, and then there’s corporal punishment. I got spanked, smacked with a ruler, whipped with a tree branch. I personally wouldn’t do it if I had a kid, but I don’t think my parents were abusive. Using knuckles, a closed fist, throwing a kid into a wall or down the stairs? Yeah that’s abuse.

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