I don't condone hitting children in any way, b/c I think you're conditioning them toward violence, & away from talking thru problems.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/925159053256482817 …
That's the argument I am responding to. "Children should have the same protection from the law that we enjoy as adults…'
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Never seen anyone make that argument.
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OK. It's alright if you don't have anything to contribute. You can just not do that.
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You're propping up an argument no one makes to knock it down. My contribution pointing that out. Even the article you link to
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doesn't make the argument you're battling.
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I quoted it. And I hear it a lot in this debate. I may agree with other arguments but not that one. No right to punish or control.
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There are good arguments for not smacking children but 'because adults have the right not to be hit' isn't one for reasons I've given.
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You seem to make it here. They shld have the same rights as adults re hitting.As tho justification is 'cos adults do'https://twitter.com/ToddDoug/status/925179298272632832 …
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I do make it there, which is different than your paraphrase, and my entire point. People don't say 1) Kids must have the same
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'...No-one has a right to hit another person, or to punish and control them." https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/smack-or-not-smack-not-question-we-owe-it-children-set-boundaries …
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Right, 'children should have the same protection from the law that we enjoy as adults when it comes to violent punishment.'
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I've told you the argument I am arguing against. I have quoted you an example of it. Please move on if you don't want to engage with it.
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