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15. Even so, some states don't allow whipping with a belt

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 11:01 PM

Feb 2016

None of them should. Anyone who does so should be in jail.

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I doubt anything will happen to him Major Nikon Feb 2016 #1

well... he's getting death threats and a public shaming. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #2

Depends where you are. Chan790 Feb 2016 #3

I know of no state where corporal punishment is universally banned Major Nikon Feb 2016 #4

Didn't CA ban corporal punishment for kids under abelenkpe Feb 2016 #6

I'd be interested to know if they did Major Nikon Feb 2016 #8

Tried googling it abelenkpe Feb 2016 #11

I agree Major Nikon Feb 2016 #13

I do not udnerstand how a parent can do that to a child kcr Feb 2016 #16

Totally agree abelenkpe Feb 2016 #18

They got it wrong in the AP incident then. Chan790 Feb 2016 #9

Your reference doesn't prove your assertion Major Nikon Feb 2016 #12

Edit kcr Feb 2016 #17

It defines any intentional injury as abuse. Chan790 Feb 2016 #19

This is why I think all spanking should just be flat out illegal kcr Feb 2016 #22

Even so, some states don't allow whipping with a belt kcr Feb 2016 #15

Wow abelenkpe Feb 2016 #5

sickening. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #10

The son has development challenges GoldenOldie Feb 2016 #7

I started school at age 6 wildbilln864 Feb 2016 #14

Kinda like that running back Adrian Peterson and his son??? a kennedy Feb 2016 #21