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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar
POSTED: 9:48 am EST November 2, 2004
LONDON -- British lawmakers are voting Tuesday on whether to ban parents from smacking their children.
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Great! Then they can raise their kids right beside the lion's share of spoiled, disrespectful American kids!!!
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The government is opposed to an outright ban. Prime Minister Tony Blair's government fears it'll be accused of intruding into family affairs. It wants to preserve an 1860 court ruling that allows parents to use "reasonable chastisement."
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Hm...that could present a problem: what would be considered "reasonable"? I know of plenty of people who would get the knock down/drag out Kunte Kente "special" beatdown by the parents, and that was once considered "reasonable".
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Two parliamentary committees contend that's used too often to defend violent behavior that goes beyond a smack. A number of members of the ruling Labor Party are calling for any form of physical punishment to be outlawed.
Officials said the legislation would allow authorities to prosecute violent parents more easily. Several other European countries already consider physical punishment of children illegal.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press.
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Oh, this looks bad, even just on paper. Good luck with that mess!