[Centurion2000]

The ad shocked Lawrence, a Lutheran who home-schools her children and opposes corporal punishment. She began a national campaign to stop what she sees as the misuse of the Bible as a justification for striking children. She also asked the federal government to deem The Rod hazardous to children, and ban the sale of all products designed for spanking. Lawrence says striking children violates the Golden Rule from the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament: ''In everything do to others as you would have them do to you."

Ok, so she's an idiot. Spankings WORK.

[wmichgrad]

Why, exactly, is she an idiot?

[Protagoras]

Ok, so she's an idiot. Spankings WORK.

So do other techniques.

Most spanking are unnecessary. Administered by lazy parents.

[MamaB]

I will never forget when I started first grade. Some of the older kids told us that if we had to go to the office, we would be spanked by an electric paddle! We all bought it!

[Question_Assumptions]

Lawrence says striking children violates the Golden Rule from the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament: ''In everything do to others as you would have them do to you."

Uh, I'm happy that my father spanked me. Plenty of other people I know were happy they were spanked, too. Spanking children when they are bad is doing to others as I would have others do to me. In fact, the Golden Rule only really works if "what you would have them to do you" isn't indulging your bad behavior.

[r9etb]

Ok, so she's an idiot. Spankings WORK.

Sure, in some cases. However, one does not have to agree with her on the idea of corporal punishment to find it more than a little disturbing that some guy is out trying to sell his "spanking tool."

Something pretty sick about that. Makes you wonder if he's advertising in less wholesome venues as well....