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In reply to the discussion: Mom angry that male vice principal spanked child [View all]SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)104. you may do that, however, I don't.
I hear "Spock" and I listen for the context in which that name is being used.
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It is one of the things that makes the USA look backwards to the outside world
CreekDog
Sep 2012
#131
Texas is weird. (no offense to any Texans here, I'm sure you aren't that wierd) n/t
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2012
#2
God. I thought that said 'vice president' & I thought, 'oh great, what's Joe done now...'
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2012
#5
It's the direct consequence of letting conservatives have control of things
Major Nikon
Sep 2012
#11
Having it done by someone of the opposite sex makes it sexual and thus makes it worse.
freedom fighter jh
Sep 2012
#39
Lawn darts seem like a good idea back then, too. My dad "spanked" us, too - and it was WRONG.
marble falls
Sep 2012
#33
For good reasons. They great concepts and bad ideas, ones that came with bad .....
marble falls
Sep 2012
#54
My folks raised me "Dr Spock" the guru, not the Vulcan. Then I'm 16 and my Dad threatens to spank me
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#17
The consequence to teaching your kids to think for themselves is they will do so
Major Nikon
Sep 2012
#21
I went to school. Got good grades. I went to church. I helped at Sunday school....
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#98
Yeah the choice of punishment doesnt seem to be the issue of concern to the mother
davidn3600
Sep 2012
#28
Mom agreed to it and, yes, it turns everyone's ass fire engine red, not just her daughter's.
Poll_Blind
Sep 2012
#45
She agreed to it, the kid agreed to it there was a female in the room
4th law of robotics
Sep 2012
#55
Being hit with a board, paddle or whatever you want to call it is not "spanking"
1monster
Sep 2012
#59
If the mom had left marks on her child like that, the school would have called CPS
TxBluebonnetDem
Sep 2012
#71
Violence against children is bullying. When adults do it, it's unforgivable. This man should be
truthisfreedom
Sep 2012
#87
I am SO glad I don't live in a State that's governed by psychopathy.
2ndAmForComputers
Sep 2012
#102
If he did this to a coworker or to a neighborhood child, he would be arrested
obamanut2012
Sep 2012
#108