[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

how ironic

If you want to be silly about it, then I suppose it is.

I'd say it's parents teaching their children life lessons so that they grow up to be good, law-abiding, civilised, human beings.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Alf

If you want to be silly about it, then I suppose it is.

I'd say it's parents teaching their children life lessons so that they grow up to be good, law-abiding, civilised, human beings.

Silly really? I will teach you hitting is wrong by......hitting you

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Silly really? I will teach you hitting is wrong by......hitting you

So will not spanking a child decrease violence, and guarentee the child grows up none violent?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Alf

So will not spanking a child decrease violence, and guarentee the child grows up none violent?

There's no guarantees in life Alf but violence is never the answer, especially violence against a little person who can't even defend themselves. I know that much.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

There's no guarantees in life Alf but violence is never the answer, especially violence against a little person who can't even defend themselves. I know that much.

Id rather be a child that got the odd smack for being naughty than years of passive aggression like ex Mrs LT got from her mother


still goes on now

utterly vile

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Id rather be a child that got the odd smack for being naughty than years of passive aggression like ex Mrs LT got from her mother


still goes on now

utterly vile

Well neither is ideal really, is it?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Well neither is ideal really, is it?

many times I thought about giving that auld battleaxe a boot right up her bony ar$se

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

There's no guarantees in life Alf but violence is never the answer, especially violence against a little person who can't even defend themselves. I know that much.

But my argument on this isn't for abusive violence, I'm not for children to be beaten. A quick slap accros the arse when they've done wrong is not abuse, and if you think it is, then you're basically calling mine and a lot of other peoples parents abusive, and speaking for mine, I can tell you that my parents are not, and I love and respect them both very dearly. I'm 40 years old and I still don't smoke or swear infront of them, that's out of respect for them.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Alf

But my argument on this isn't for abusive violence, I'm not for children to be beaten. A quick slap accros the arse when they've done wrong is not abuse, and if you think it is, then you're basically calling mine and a lot of other peoples parents abusive, and speaking for mine, I can tell you that my parents are not, and I love and respect them both very dearly. I'm 40 years old and I still don't smoke or swear infront of them, that's out of respect for them.

Hitting someone is a violent act though, I would never go to a personal level and call your parents anything Alf but I can't help how I feel about this subject, I do feel very strongly about it too.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Hitting someone is a violent act though, I would never go to a personal level and call your parents anything Alf but I can't help how I feel about this subject, I do feel very strongly about it too.

I don't for 1 second believe you would, and I never took it that way.

I'm just making an argument for what I believe, just the same as you.