Hey,it's legal to beat your kids in Delaware!
Today I was stopped at a traffic light and saw a woman hit her daughter in the face hard enough that her head jerked back like Kennedy being shot.The woman was flipping out and screaming at her.The girl was about 16 or 17 and was driving when her mother hit her,then her mother ordered her to get out of the car and switch seats with her.Then the mother kept threatening the girl and ,the girl was basically cowering,I could tell that she was used to being treated that way,there were tears running down her entire face,it was terrible.So I went to the police station to report the incident and the first thing they told me was that it was legal for parents to hit their children,finally,after I pestered them for a while they took down a report,I gave them the license plate number and everything,but from their attitudes I'm sure they did nothing.How can it be legal to do something to a defenseless girl that would be illegal to do to an adult?
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<strong>Today I was stopped at a traffic light and saw a woman hit her daughter in the face hard enough that her head jerked back like Kennedy being shot.The woman was flipping out and screaming at her.The girl was about 16 or 17 and was driving when her mother hit her,then her mother ordered her to get out of the car and switch seats with her.Then the mother kept threatening the girl and ,the girl was basically cowering,I could tell that she was used to being treated that way,there were tears running down her entire face,it was terrible.So I went to the police station to report the incident and the first thing they told me was that it was legal for parents to hit their children,finally,after I pestered them for a while they took down a report,I gave them the license plate number and everything,but from their attitudes I'm sure they did nothing.How can it be legal to do something to a defenseless girl that would be illegal to do to an adult?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Are you or have you ever been the parent of a teenager?
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Are you or have you ever been the parent of a teenager?</strong><hr></blockquote>
That justifies nothing. A spanking or two when they are young is ok when they don't understand other forms of communication. Beating the crap out of a teenager is wrong.
"Welcome to the real world."
What a crock of shit. If I came to your place and beat the unholy hell out of you you'd chalk it up to that 'ole dog-eat-dog world we live in?
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That justifies nothing. A spanking or two when they are young is ok when they don't understand other forms of communication. Beating the crap out of a teenager is wrong.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree. :eek:
This world sucks.
<strong>It's also illegal to teach anything other than Creationism in Kansas.
This world sucks.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Mills Lane says: Church, State. You guys gotta separate. Church, go back to your corner.
<strong>It's also illegal to teach anything other than Creationism in Kansas.
This world sucks.</strong><hr></blockquote>
If you think it sucks, do something about it. That is, don't move to Kansas. As for child abuse, yes, it's not good, but it's not exactly easy to stop.
On a slightly un-PC note, sometimes I feel like certain teenagers I know need a good, sound beating in some way or another. The major consideration is that by that stage, a physical beating doesn't tend to "do anything."
In this case, I think a smack across the face may have been appropriate in some respects. It seems that this girl got a bit more than a smack across the face, though. In my experience, teenage girls have a tendency to endanger everyone else on the road, and any device to remove the ego when behind the wheel is good enough for me.
But it would be pointless, they wouldnt learn anything from it... only that might makes right.
Parents who hit there children only pass on a cycle of violence/fear to the grand children, etc.
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<strong>As a libertarian I think the mother has more right on her children than the government.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Libertarians also don't believe in the use of offensive force.
<strong>I have often thought of a few people that could use a good beating...
But it would be pointless, they wouldnt learn anything from it... only that might makes right.
Parents who hit there children only pass on a cycle of violence/fear to the grand children, etc.
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Read my post again. A beating doesn't have to be physical. What they need is a defeated morale, when embarking on the beginning stages of driving.
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Read my post again. A beating doesn't have to be physical. What they need is a defeated morale, when embarking on the beginning stages of driving.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Not a defeated morale, a deflated ego...
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Not a defeated morale, a deflated ego...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes. verbal diarreah. That's exactly what I meant to say.
oh, and by the way, abortion is murder.
A 16/17 year old isn't a child. #1.
People have an inherent right to NOT have the shit beaten out of them.
No offense to you personally, but I don't think most libertarians are actually that.