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Brits move to outlaw parental spanking
Washington Times ^ | November 16, 2003 | UPI

Posted on 11/16/2003 8:00:49 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:40:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LONDON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Britain's government is moving toward outlawing the spanking of children, even if it is done by parents in their own home.

Officials plan to tack an amendment onto the Child Protection Bill to outlaw parental spanking because too many parents cover up abuse by claiming their children's bruises are the result of normal discipline, the Sunday Observer reported.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antibible; antichristian; antifamily; antigod; cps; discipline; family; foolishness; marxist; socialist; spanking; statechildren; statevsfamily; thestate; thosecrazybrits; wardsofthestate
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To: Alouette
"They will make an exception for Muslims who slit the throats of their daughters for "crimes of honor." Have to be sensitive to minority culture and all that."

Absolutely! After all slitting a throat is NOT the same as an evil spanking. Besides when the throad is slit for this reason, then there is one less criminal on the loose - the daughter. (written tongue in cheek)(sacacsm off)

21 posted on 11/16/2003 8:42:20 AM PST by nmh
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Now, I think I can finally say that I don't agree with Tony Blair on anything.
23 posted on 11/16/2003 8:44:29 AM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Oh Boy!.................

What a disease socialism can be.

24 posted on 11/16/2003 8:48:17 AM PST by Cold Heat ("It is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." [Samuel Clemens, on lawyers])
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To: Lazamataz
Tell me again why we saved Britian from the Nazi's........?

Time for us to do so again. We saved them from one liberal scourge, we can save them from another. This one though is far more evil...

25 posted on 11/16/2003 8:55:56 AM PST by chance33_98 (Check out my Updated Profile Page (and see banners at end, if you want one made let me know!))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
This is all part of the zero tolerance - zero thinking process. Anything from a love pat to using a rod is enough to convict you.
26 posted on 11/16/2003 9:02:02 AM PST by JEppy
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
More than one child a week dies at the hands of a parent? A lot more people die each week who are murdered by some spoiled little mommy's boy who never got a spanking.
27 posted on 11/16/2003 9:02:52 AM PST by Terry Mross
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; Jeff Head; wardaddy; patton
Yep I'd agree with this law. It's much better to raise a rude, uncaring , inconsiderate POS hooligan that the bobbies will have to subdue with a riot baton after they burn and destroy half the town over such as a football game. This IMHO is alway better for all concerned in the community versus a swat on the butt from early on ages by a parent teaching respect and civility.

Does the sun even rise on the british empire anymore ?

< / SARCASM >

28 posted on 11/16/2003 9:04:50 AM PST by Squantos (Support Mental Health !........or........ I"LL KILL YOU !!!!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Wow. How much freedom have you given up when the government steps in to outlaw parental discipline?

I guess the Brits are giving up as much or more of their freedom as we have. After all, we allowed the government to invade our bathrooms and decide how much water we can use to flush a toilet. That's why you can only buy low-flow toilets on the US.

This is all very disturbing.
29 posted on 11/16/2003 9:05:31 AM PST by DustyMoment
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To: Squantos
well put
30 posted on 11/16/2003 9:08:04 AM PST by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Nuts. Absolutely nuts. Basically, it'll give their police more important things to chase after than all those annoying calls about burglaries, muggings, and rapes.
31 posted on 11/16/2003 9:08:05 AM PST by dr_who_2
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To: JackRyanCIA
Who is going to save us?

I am afraid we are lagging Great Britain by about 10-15 years.

33 posted on 11/16/2003 9:12:38 AM PST by independentmind
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To: pepsionice; Cincinatus' Wife
eventually see is some parent with a rowdy 10 year old....who has to call the cops to take the kid away because the kid won't listen or obey the parents.

And that's what they want - for the state to be raising the child, as any good socialist nation would. Will parents be sent off to the gulags for disciplining their child? Will children be encouraged to rat out parents? How long before a willful, spoiled child makes up nonsense of the new 'abuse' just to get an annoying parent out of their hair?

On the bright side, building and manning the new gulags will provide much needed work for some.

34 posted on 11/16/2003 9:13:22 AM PST by fortunecookie (still having computer problems...)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The all-knowing, all-seeing gubmint will take care of things. They will tell you how to raise your children, how to discipline them, what they should eat. They will provide them with free contraceptives and should they get pregnant, an abortion also.

Britain is an apostate nation. Almost devoid of belief in God. And as history has shown time and time again, most recently with atheistic communism, when God is removed from everyday life, a vacuum is created. Something must inevitably fill that vacuum and it is usually the state.

35 posted on 11/16/2003 9:17:18 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
How 'bout spousal spanking? Is that next?
36 posted on 11/16/2003 9:20:12 AM PST by a_Turk (Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light....)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
It's all about keeping lawyers/barristers employed.

America is following British Legal trends and soon if you speak the truth about a person in public you could be held liable for hate.

Just type UK Hate Crimes in Google and see what Americans are looking forward to.

Soon in the American press you could read something like the article below if the new Hatch-Kennedy bill law, British Law.

Hate crime police raid 150 addresses across London!


Mr. Hatch and Mr. Kennedy actively are looking for ways to get the bill (a new "hate-crimes" bill) approved by the Senate before the end of the current session.

America is greater than the Queen's England, now America is becoming the Queen's England! Let's see if GW bows down to the Queen on this upcoming visit as an indicator of America's future.

37 posted on 11/16/2003 9:23:57 AM PST by Major_Risktaker
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To: Senator Goldwater
"As long as they don't outlaw spousal spanking."

Did the Prince 'spank' Diana? Hmmmm. Does he spank his 'hired hands' (so's to speak)?

38 posted on 11/16/2003 9:29:44 AM PST by lawdude (Liberalism: A failure every time it is tried!)
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To: Major_Risktaker
It is revealing that it is always Hatch, not Kennedy, who sells out to the other side. This speaks volumes about the internal rot in the GOP.
39 posted on 11/16/2003 9:31:28 AM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Cobra64
Be very glad your children are grown. We aren't allowed to use any disciplinary actions at all in public without reprisal from some person telling you what a horrible parent you are.
40 posted on 11/16/2003 9:32:29 AM PST by volchef (Don't take a butcher's advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he'd be a chef. - Andy Rooney)
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