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edit: please note, I have venom in my post, and if I'm too direct and blunt, I apologize. Apology accepted. I watch CNN mostly, because it doesn't always choose the ...

Trust me, they don't look that deep into it.- cause--->effect I do something bad- Mama paddles my bottom hard and i don't like it. So i won't do something bad. ...

A kid who gets spanked isn't going to go "oh, well I guess application of force solves all problems!", they're going to go "OW! I don't want that to happen ...

I wouldn't say it's necessarily what just atheists and nontheists fear. It's what I, and probably my family and community, fear as well. And I wouldn't ever let videos like ...

Kyllorac brings up a very good point. It shows that your opinion of how effective spanking is is partly shaped by the style in which you were spanked yourself. For ...

Has anyone else here been spanked at all? I would be a lot more open to the accounts of those you have actually experienced it first-hand, and it would help ...

Oh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up!

There's a difference between caning and spanking. Both a difference in meaning and in severity. Precisely. Remember guys, this debate is about caning, not spanking, and of course spanking will ...

I can't tell you just how heartbreaking it is to share all the most important aspects of faith with someone so completely, to worship the same God, and yet still ...

Use decent arguments and get off your righteous indignation high horse. You have provided nothing of value in this debate in terms of reason and depth; in debate you have ...

LastPaladin wrote I could argue opposite. Now kids are far more educated due to internet, due to everyone being able to access a university, due to everyone having a chance. ...

Ask adults how they acted when they were young and they did the same crap we did/do. It just so happens that we see what media today would like us ...

It may be natural for some animals, but humans and animals are not exactly on the same level, unless you think you are. Some can reproduce naturally w/ the same ...

Rubric, very good point. Things like the media and peer pressure and such. Of course genetically enhanced foods are a fraction of it, but it does contribute.

AuroraOrodel, not everyone is like your 2 year old niece, by the way. Spank- –verb (used with object) 1. to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, ...