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Exultant Democracy

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3. Spare the rod spoil the brainwashing.

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 04:32 PM

Feb 2015

There have been a number of recent studies that have confirmed that the more you hit your child the dumber they will grow up to be.

Think of where we would be as a species if we had stopped corporal punishment of our children two thousand years ago. For one thing I doubt there would be enough stupid people left to believe in religion, so in a way beatings can be seen as religions natural immune system.

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How do you spank a child without humiliating them? Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #1

And always with a rubber hose, so as to not leave marks. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #2

Or oranges in a pillow case. Goblinmonger Feb 2015 #5

Spare the rod spoil the brainwashing. Exultant Democracy Feb 2015 #3

Anybody here wanna bet this statement will be walked back by Sunday? JDDavis Feb 2015 #4

Naw, not this one. trotsky Feb 2015 #6

So abusing children by adults is just fine? Because God ! JDDavis Feb 2015 #9

Inevitably..giving both the hardline, child-beating skepticscott Feb 2015 #7

Actually, a badge of honor Brainstormy Feb 2015 #11

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"How beautiful!" I wonder, does Pope Awesome have useful guidelines on mr blur Feb 2015 #8

Nausea, lite Brainstormy Feb 2015 #10

This is the second time pope has labeled violence as normal Lordquinton Feb 2015 #12

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then they come up with a Pope AlbertCat Feb 2015 #15