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Alleged Spanking Incident At Village Elementary
INC Now ^ | October 5, 2010 | Scott Sarvay and Ryan Elijah

Posted on 10/06/2010 9:27:27 AM PDT by Tom87

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To: az_gila

But do you think it’s right that this LEGO-robotics teacher was charged with a sexual crime (as opposed to simple assault)? If so, on what grounds?

And what if that man you saw spanking the boy with his pants down at Disneyland wasn’t actually the boy’s parent as ever? Would its value to onlooking children be any different?


41 posted on 10/06/2010 4:20:42 PM PDT by Tom87
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Anyone ever did this to a child of mine they’d be thrown off a roof.


42 posted on 10/06/2010 5:11:19 PM PDT by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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To: az_gila

My sons will be competing this year. They didn’t take a class in robotics, though. Everything is being done at home.


43 posted on 10/06/2010 6:07:43 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tom87; Black Agnes

i spank all my 5 like hell when need(ed) be’’but pants down in front of class just gives the enemy fodder


44 posted on 10/06/2010 10:20:44 PM PDT by wardaddy (the redress over anything minority is a cancer in our country...stage 4)
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To: Tom87
But do you think it’s right that this LEGO-robotics teacher was charged with a sexual crime (as opposed to simple assault)? If so, on what grounds?

If this bit of the story is correct, then yes.

“...DiPalma lured the boy to his car and put him into the back seat. DiPalma then drove to the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex then climbed into the back seat with the boy. He put the boy on his lap, pulled down his pants and spanked him 20 times on his bare buttocks....”

And what if that man you saw spanking the boy with his pants down at Disneyland wasn’t actually the boy’s parent as ever? Would its value to onlooking children be any different?

It was pretty obvious from the words being spoken that he was a parent/guardian - but it probably would not have made a difference to other kids watching. The mother was there too.

It was in the 70’s and would certainly be different now.

45 posted on 10/06/2010 10:32:57 PM PDT by az_gila (AZ - one Governor down... we don't want her back...)
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To: az_gila

So what specific factors in the excerpt that you cited have led you to conclude that the spanking was a sexual offense?

In any case, it’s worth considering whether the charges against DiPalma would have been different back in the 70’s.


46 posted on 10/06/2010 11:08:48 PM PDT by Tom87
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The lego robotics teacher had the boy singled out away from others, in a secretive fashion (in the car, after hours) to spank. That is what made it sexual and not a punishment.


47 posted on 10/07/2010 5:37:41 AM PDT by kiki04 ("If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger?" - THH)
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I don’t think that follows. Yes, DiPalma was secretive about spanking the boy, indicating that he knew he could get in trouble. But that doesn’t mean his motives were necessarily sexual—just that his actions weren’t acceptable. (If he had done this to the boy openly, would that have prevented sexual assault charges?)

One could suppose that he simply has a mean streak and therefore seized an opportunity to inflict pain on a defenseless child, who probably didn’t know that it was a crime for the teacher to spank him. An adult bully, basically, who chooses particular victims to pick on.

And then again, what if DiPalma sincerely thought the boy was a brat who needed a good ass-whipping? Even if he doesn’t have the right to give him one, just doing so make him a sexual predator?


48 posted on 10/07/2010 2:39:48 PM PDT by Tom87
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