Well, I'm glad you brought me to school like the imbecile I am. I guess you disapprove of spanking but approve of dark sarcasm in the classroom with kids? I hope not. But you are being sarcastic and belittling me (as an adult) here so I would take a guess that you would use those techniques on kids rather than spanking them as well. Oh, I am sorry is that another straw man?
The point I made (albeit sarcastically) was that non-spanking adults have no problem doing chemical violence to the brain.
"Which method is the truly the abusive one? Which method causes the least amount of bitterness and anger? Oh, and I forgot lets not spank him but put him on mind growth retarding drugs like Ritalin and Adderol."
The point was seconded by Taxrelief.
"The new trendy discipline method of putting kids on ritalin, dexedrine, clonadine, wellbutrin or prozac, and chemically shrinking their brains, is much more "humane".
Now you can call it childish and a straw man like you did but that takes nothing away from the point. And the point is related to the discussion in that many see drugs as a proper behavioral tool but see a problem with spanking.
Back when I was under the impression that you wanted to have a conversation about this I asked you something.
"So you contend that children are not being medicated at high rates to effect better behavior from them?"
Now that question mark means I was not stating what you said but asking you what exactly you meant calling a valid point a straw man. A sentence with one of these ? is not a statement of truth and so I could not possibly have lied. Sorry, I am not going to be a straw man for you to easily knock over on your abusive stand toward kids and parents rights.
It takes a lot to admit that kind of thing. You are to be commended.