Massachusetts considering banning spanking

[Little-Acorn]

This has been tried before, in California I believe. The woman legislator was shouted down as she deserved, and left in a huff. Now it's Massachusetts' turn, I guess.

Spanking means a slap on the rear with the open hand. But of course, the hysterics are at full cry already, distorting the issue by calling it "hitting" (as though you'd nailed your three-year-old on the chin with a good right cross), equating whipping with a belt to "spanking", etc., trying to terrify people with stories of rare or nonexistent abuse.

But, this is Massachusetts. They already create same-sex "marriages" there. Looks like the legislators goofed on this one: They should have gone through the courts, not the legislative process. The courts in Mass will do anything, apparently.

Is there anything the liberals there feel is NOT suitable for the the heavy hand of government to take over?

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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/reg...icleid=1047241

Bay State’s going slap-happy
Pols debate ban on spanking
By Laurel J. Sweet
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Parents who spank their kids - even in their own homes - would be slapped by the long arm of the law under an Arlington nurse’s proposal to make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to outlaw corporal punishment.

Kathleen Wolf’s proposed legislation will be debated at a State House hearing tomorrow morning.

If signed into law, parents would be prohibited from forcefully laying a hand on any child under age 18 unless it was to wrest them from danger, lest they be charged with abuse or neglect.

Rep. Jay Kaufman, a Lexington Democrat, submitted the 61-year-old Wolf’s petition at her request, but is not taking a position for or against corporal punishment.

“He does recognize and understand the concern many would have on legislating parental rights,” said Sean Fitzgerald, Kaufman’s chief of staff, “but the problem is the boundary is often overstepped. The right to hit should never be the right to hurt.”

[JohnDoe]

Just utter bullcrap. There are already laws against hurting a child or abusing a child, and the gvt has no right to interfere with Parental control of their own kids imo...if it is not abusing them.

Thank goodness, it appears that no one is taking this proposal seriously.

Plus, spare the rod, spoil the child....

[Gaffer]

It seems Mass and Calif are neck n neck for stupidest state in the union. Followed closely by Wash and Col. Everytime I think about how stupid the law makers of Ohio are I just have to look at those states and be thankful.

[avatar4321]

how exactly do they propose to enforce these rules? are they going to put cameras in every childs room?

[Hagbard Celine]

It's a new task force called the "Spank League." They fly in with helicopters and rappel down ropes through your skylights when you hit your kids. How do they know? They just do, that's how.

[Little-Acorn]

how exactly do they propose to enforce these rules? are they going to put cameras in every childs room?

Easiest way in the world. They will get the kids to turn in their parents. And since the kid and the parent were the only ones in the room when the spanking took place, the kid's word is taken as gospel, with the parent given no standing to refute it.

The parents may never learn from this little excursion into lawmaking. But the kids will get the lesson loud and clear: "Who's your REAL parent? Mommy and Daddy? Nope.... THE GOVERNMENT is who is really taking care of you!"

Modern liberal to the core: Control the children, and you will eventually control the population.