I never said it was a felony, nor did I say I wanted that kind of society. I’ve never wavered from my support of disciplinary spanking when needed — however, he crossed a line when he whipped that kid like he did.
But hey — rest easy... Peterson is a professional athlete backed by legions of worshippers and aficionados of whipping kids with sticks, so nothing substantive will happen to him. This will all be forgotten... until he does it again.
“however, he crossed a line when he whipped that kid like he did.”
Exactly. Discipline does not involve thrashing a young boy’s scrotum. A parent that does this on purpose is a sadistic monster. A parent who does it ‘by accident’ in an out of control beating frenzy isn’t much better. Plenty of parents discipline their young sons without beating their scrotums. Why anyone wants to minimize or excuse this behavior is unfathomable.