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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:21 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you believe corporal punishment by parents is appropriate for children? |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Glad to be the first in line to say no. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Your typo is somehow...apropo. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I had to fix it |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. What a sad fucking world we live in. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Self delete |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I was talking about the 62% Yes on the CNN Poll. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I mean, I KNOW our board is smart. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
65. +1 |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Depends on how you define it, really. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. not so black and white for me, so i cant vote. and no, i do not hit my kids to discipline them. nt |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Many of us will be surprised by how recently this was a school practice |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
56. Also varies by district - |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
83. there are schools that STILL do this! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. +1 |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
62. Everything that was done to you that you described would be arrestable actions |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
70. Didn't carry over, huh? Sounds like it did to me. |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. +1 |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. LOL, you aren't kidding |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
85. agreed. n/t |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Where is the FUCK NO! option? |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Wondering the same.... |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
82. EXACTLY! The dynamics are more than just you getting hit |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, No ... and Yes (sort of) .... I can explain ... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. This is well and generously said. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Thanks much! |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Well Said |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. I was just going to say |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. I've never struck my child |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I have 3 ... and only one ever got a "pop". |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. NO, it'sis not all black and white, but for the most part I'm the one responsible for what my child |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Love the paint can story. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
79. My son was above change. Had no use for it. It was $$$ that lit up his eyes |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. A little pop on a Pamper makes a LOT of noise and gets the kid's attention. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I'm a non parent. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. It's a wonder that I managed to keep my toddler and two others I watched alive without having |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. never did that to my toddler |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
86. leashes are not abuse. |
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rjj621 (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Well said and thought provoking |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Thanks ... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
87. beating a kid for a chemical imbalance |
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rjj621 (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #87 |
95. No it doesn't make sense |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Seems the person we are responding to can't read. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. Did you not read this part of my post, or ... are you just stupid ... |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
84. Absolutely well said. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, it's not. In the heat of the moment, it shows a lack of control. If the parent cools down and |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Sometimes, but not like in that video; something that doesn't hurt, but |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. Wonder what the results would be if CNN asked if it was appropriate for a husband to smack his wife? |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. +1000 nt |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
69. Your post makes me think that inside of all too many people .... |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
77. Thank you n/t |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
92. Or similarly . . . |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. In a perfect world, no. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Corporal punishment needs to be defined |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Please don't let your not being a parent be a factor in recognizing child abuse |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. Please vote on the cnn poll too |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
88. OMG |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's easy for me to say no now that my kids are grown. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. The logic you describe is that of an older child ... not of a younger one. |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. I must have been old for my years, then, because my memories are from before I started school. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
91. times change |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
98. My parents differed on this ... my father preferred corpral punishments ... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. The geography of corporal punishment in red states is...SO FRENCH!? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. If parents are allowed to beat up on kids then cops should be allowed to beat up on parents. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. Complicated. I was spanked and had the belt a few times, But it was done with a lot of self control. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. No. But my parents sure did (nt) |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. As a rule, no |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hell, no. Physical abuse of children creates sociopaths. nt |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. I can understand a fear of sociopaths...but it's bigger than that |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Until the past couple of generations, |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
89. That's because there were other authoritarian controls in place |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm amazed at the number of people who can't tell the difference between a spanking and abuse. NT |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. Some of us don't see a distinction. YMMV. nt |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. Don't you need to hit someone to spank them? |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't practice it nor believe in it |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't know - but spanking is certainly a lot less abusive and destructive way to correct childhood |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
42. No. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. My parents went after me for LEAVING THE HOUSE. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. Depends. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. Just to be clear, what that judge did was not corporal punishment. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. I whacked mine with a bag of lunchmeat once... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. My view - if it is not ok to go around punching folks in the street - |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
58. Depands. A swat on the ass is different than a prologed beating. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. Absolutely NO and neither did my parents. nt |
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Laluchacontinua (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
61. I vote for a swat on the pants v. verbal abuse & degradation any day. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. A good parent would do neither. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
63. This mother of three votes absolutely not! |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
71. No. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. Spanking is not only abusive, it doesn't work |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
75. I answered No. But I wonder if there is a very |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
76. Hell no! |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
78. Those 7 minutes on video basically summed up my childhood |
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Worship Money (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
80. Good God....No. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
90. Generally no, but not absolutely. n/t |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
93. My answer would be, "Sometimes." Not the correct answer, I know. |
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Cerebral Assassin (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
94. Yes |
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SomethingFishy (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
99. Oh yeah.. Beat em' and if that doesn't work beat them harder |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
100. Louis CK on hitting kids |
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