Lawmaker Wants To Ban Spanking Of Children

[matcom]

:popcorn:

<snip>

(CBS 5 / KCBS) SAN FRANCISCO Do parents have the right to spank their children? It is a controversial issue, and while a Bay Area lawmaker wants it addressed in Sacramento -- a majority of those surveyed for a new CBS 5 poll expressed opposition to a spanking ban.

In California, it's currently against the law for anyone but parents to spank a child. A proposed new law would make it illegal for them, too, if the child is 3 years old or younger.

Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D-Mountain View) wants the practice of swatting a child on the behind outlawed and is in the process of drafting a bill to do so.

A poll of 500 Bay Area adults conducted for CBS 5 by Survey USA on Thursday found 57% would oppose such a bill, while only 23% would support it. The poll, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4%, showed 11% undecided.

http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_018210510.html

[LostinVA]

1. uh-oh -- PASS THE BUTTER AND SALT, MATCOM

(for the record, I'm totally anti-spanking)

Let the games begin!!!

[matcom]

2. almost time for a beer too isn't it?

:beer:

[LostinVA]

3. Yum... Guinness!

[LostinVA]

6. Yum... Guinness!

[belladonna]

15. MUST. RESIST. URGE.

Can't go getting pulled into a spanking debate... last time I did, I had to be forcefully removed from my computer at 2 a.m., after about 100 posts and soooo much wasted time :D

[underpants]

4. Jyeeesh

what a douchebag :eyes:

[RetroLounge]

5. Can I smoke while I spank them?

:shrug:

RL

[Maine-ah]

9. as long as you're not in your car.....

:popcorn: :beer: I'll have some of that too, thankyou very much!

[Goblinmonger]

7. Will Dateline conduct a hidden camera sting

to catch people spanking their kids.

[Goblinmonger]

8. But can parents

still spank each other?

[noonwitch]

10. If the kid isn't injured, it's not the government's business

I work in children's services, and we are already overloaded dealing with actual abuse and neglect. We don't need to start having to investigate parents who spank and don't leave marks/bruises or parents who smoke.

[matcom]

12. spanking AND smoking?

:applause:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. But... but... it damages their little psyches!

Spanked children will grow up to be ax murderers and pit bull owners and Freepers. :cry:

[TimeChaser]

17. How come nobody ever told me that?

bbl, going to the hardware store for an ax

[Little Wing]

11. www.spankingunderground.com

[Taverner]

13. Although I don't agree with spanking

I don't think this calls for legislation

[sasquatch]

14. What about adults that spank other adults?

I might have to go underground to make sure Rev-Acts gets her daily spankings.
:spank:

[PVnRT]

18. I was spanked as a child

I only go on a murder spree once, twice a year tops.

[LSK]

19. if more people would spank, children wouldnt run around Olive Garden

:popcorn:

[PVnRT]

21. Before or after breastfeeding?

And are they talking on cell phones?

[SOteric]

20. It's your own damn fault, matcom.

If you didn't hang out in front of the principal's office dressed like a naughty 10 year old, they would never have thought this up.