Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
11-01-2016, 12:23 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
11-01-2016, 12:15 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
11-01-2016, 11:48 AM
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I haven't read the last two pages of responses...
I haven't read the last two pages of responses yet, but from what I can tell, I am with Xurtio here. When I first revived this old thread, it was because I read a meta study that again confirms what...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
10-31-2016, 02:18 PM
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Physical punishment wasn't really something my...
Physical punishment wasn't really something my parents did, except one time. One of my earliest memories is of my father giving me a slap on the hand for something. I guess I may have been three or...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
10-31-2016, 06:18 AM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
10-28-2016, 12:40 AM
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This meta-study surfaced and so I thought I'd...
This meta-study surfaced and so I thought I'd reflog this dead horse / bump this old thing.
If you are interested in the subject at all, it's an interesting read:
Risks of Harm from Spanking...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-06-2012, 12:34 AM
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Erica, thanks for the kind words! :)
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Erica, thanks for the kind words! :)
It is her mother. She claims to regret what she's done and has said she was emotionally dominated, coaxed and coerced into joining in the beating of her...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-05-2012, 06:18 AM
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However you feel, if you imagine that only...
However you feel, if you imagine that only extremes of both methods cause problems, at least extreme time-outing is not gonna leave a kids with bruises and/or broken bones.
I think many parents...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-05-2012, 04:43 AM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-05-2012, 03:53 AM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-26-2012, 03:24 AM
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The daughter of american judge William Adams...
The daughter of american judge William Adams published a video showing her parents disciplining her when she was 16. The video is awful to watch (you've been warned), but hopefully it will spark some...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-03-2011, 10:09 AM
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You're right, your belief that it's simply not...
You're right, your belief that it's simply not possible to control some children without the use of violence seems completely ridiculous to me and it's not an idea I feel very open to, just like you...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-03-2011, 09:14 AM
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Hehe, that's a funny example you got there. Do...
Hehe, that's a funny example you got there. Do you know of any countries that were gay friendly and then decided to make it illegal? That would've been a better example, really. The morale of western...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-03-2011, 06:38 AM
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29 countries have outlawed corporal punishment,...
29 countries have outlawed corporal punishment, so it's not necessarily the norm. Here, it's illegal and rare. I don't see it or hear about it much except for stories in the news about crimes against...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 07:13 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 07:07 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 06:27 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 05:42 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 05:08 PM
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I can't make a sweeping generalization about...
I can't make a sweeping generalization about everyone who's pro spanking in this thread that they are violent. I don't think it's that easy, but I consider corporal punishment to be a form of...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 04:55 PM
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As I wrote earlier, scientists are not complete...
As I wrote earlier, scientists are not complete idiots. What you're describing is the danger of hidden variables which is likely the most well known pitfall of statistics known to science. Really,...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 04:07 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 02:02 PM
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In my OP, I mentioned that the law is discussed...
In my OP, I mentioned that the law is discussed in Norway because, while corporal punishment has been illegal since 1987, supreme court ruled some years ago that a light slap immediately following...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 01:46 PM
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Alright, imagine you alone had the power decide...
Alright, imagine you alone had the power decide whether or not to prohibit corporal punishment, but you could not change it to partial prohibition or anything like that. You had to say "yes" or "no",...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 01:22 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-02-2011, 12:18 PM
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See, the concern you describe now is what you...
See, the concern you describe now is what you call hidden variables in such a study. If you can think that they might have an effect on the results, you can be sure that people who are conducting...
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