Posted on 06/08/2005 7:46:31 AM PDT by jstassis
Spanking your kid may soon be illegal By Emelie Rutherford / Daily News Staff Wednesday, June 8, 2005
BOSTON -- Two weeks after Brookline's Town Meeting passed a resolution discouraging spanking by parents, lawmakers yesterday considered banning so-called corporal punishment on children across the state. A bill filed by an Arlington lawmaker and backed by more than 60 residents from communities including Waltham and Newton would make it illegal to inflict "the willful infliction of physical pain" -- including spanking -- on children under 18. "We must recognize that corporal punishment is risky behavior thatcan lead to injury and death," Arlington's Susan Lawrence said in a written statement she gave to the Legislature's joint Judiciary Committee yesterday. State Rep. James Marzilli, D-Arlington, filed the bill at Lawrence's request but did not testify yesterday. The bill defines corporal punishment as willfully inflicting pain through acts including: hitting, whipping, slapping, spanking, kicking, biting, striking with an object, pinching, punching, poking eyes, twisting limbs, boxing ears, shaking, "hot-saucing" (putting undiluted Tabasco sauce or soap in the mouth) and administering electric shocks.
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But plenty of loopholes in there -- nothing outlawing dunking or braining or tarring and feathering.
In Mass. I'm not surprised. Don't think they'd have much of a chance in the south.
This from a state which once contained the most rebellious people in the world at the time. Their "forefathers/foremothers" would be flabbergasted.....
Ironically, you're encouraged to kill children in Mass, but you can't spank them.
Good one. Also, you can compile a list of misbehavior and wait till they are 18 and it will only be a misdemeanor to smack em around. Probably will be a felony for spanking.
That would make me move. Correcting your child by spanking is not abuse if done Biblically. It is abuse if done in anger or causes severe or permanent injury to the child. Not surprisingly, these people don't differentiate.
Judging from the terrible behavior of some kids these days it seems they're not getting spanked at all. So what's the problem? Crazy Massachusetts.
Written by non-parents, no doubt.
Wow, it sounded like Barney Frank and Teddy K. were up to some new kinky experience....
Responsible parents who use spanking to discipline their children in extreme circumstances, refuse to listen to stupid politicians...
I think you're on to something there! Just keep threatening brats with "You just wait until your 18th birthday."
Can we still spank the adults? I would like the spank a few justices for their severe misbehavior.
We can thank Dr. Spock for this bit of lunacy! And Dr. Spock, himself, has admitted that he was wrong.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. Proverbs 13:24
Ted was yanking the Frank; spanking may have been part of vthe fetid proceedings...
I thought the title alone would have brought Laz to the thread .
Hey!
They forgot cherry-bellies, Dutch rubs, noogies, Spock locks, Indian burns (Native American burns to them), pincers, wedgies, and other human rights abuses.
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