Um, yes, that's my opinion; opinions are what we post here on Free Republic. I believe the majority of even freepers would agree with me that at least on this one occasion, you were abused. There is no legal or moral right to take a belt to a child and leave him with bruises that last a week.
Yes. There is. No, it wasn’t abuse.
Abuse is ongoing, systemic, and meant as derrogatory or “mean”.
You can redifne terms, like a good little Leftist, but don’t pretend it wins you the moral high ground.