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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legal protections as adults in all cases.' They say 2) 'kids deserve the same protection as adults when it comes to violence.'
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I know they're talking about hitting. I said it there, look.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/925159053256482817 …
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*I* am saying that argument doesn't work because it doesn't stand up if applied to anything else. That's not the justification.
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They need to argue that smacking is different to other forms of discipline & say why.
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