Whether you think it's OK to smack children or not, 'Because you'd be arrested if you did it to an adult' is not a workable justification.
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It's like the one that goes - 'It's hypocritical to oppose abortion but support the death penalty.' No, it isn't.
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Not unless its also hypocritical to support life imprisonment for serial killers but not for foetuses.
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You'll do better opposing the death penalty on humanitarian grounds (as I do) than making arguments which don't work logically.
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And supporting abortion on ethical grounds (as I do) than making arguments that don't work logically.
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It matters that arguments work logically especially if they are on behalf of issues you find important.
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Another one I get is 'You're alive because your mother didn't abort you so you must see that abortion is wrong.' WTF?
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I'm also alive because my great-grandfather raped his 14 year old maid. Does that mean we have to think that's morally good now?
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Well, for one thing, Satan disapproves of spanking children. http://www.hercampus.com/news/satanic-temple-posted-billboard-texas-wakeup-call-against-corporal-punishment-schools …
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I recall reading a study that found that it correlates to an increased disposition to violence and criminality in adulthood.
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