Spanking Child With Wooden Spoon Not Child Abuse, Says State Court

[Igel]

365. It's a common double standard.

If I see somebody using drugs and generally ruining their lives, society doesn't really care. In fact, if I do things to restrict their liberty it's probably something I can be sued or arrested over.

If I see a female human sleeping around while not getting treated for STDs, well, that's a pity. Perhaps I should talk to her. Nothing more--she has her own rights. Force her to get medical care? Puh-leese. Blatant intrusion into her own personal affairs.


Unless it's my kid we're talking about, in which case there's the entirely unreasonable accusation of neglect and being an unfit parent if I don't do something, such as restricting their liberty.

I mean, the rank hypocrisy of society, thinking that adults and children aren't exactly the same and that I have different kinds of obligations to my coworkers, the family down the street, and my own minor offspring.

(This says nothing about the OP and whether hitting the girl can be justified. It's just about the merits of a particular argument that it can't be justified.)