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From: snell@utzoo.UUCP (Richard Snell)
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Subject: Re: To spank or not to spank, is it a question?
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Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 12:01:58 EST
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It is my view (having never been spanked, and having grown into a fairly
reasonable person who would NEVER spank my own child), that

1. spanking = child abuse.  Period.
2. it may produce immediate "results" but the long-term costs out-weigh
   any short term benifiefits.
3. I hope "spankers" send their "justifications" to the author of the
   original article via email--though it might provide interesting reading
   (depressing too) to see why intelligent adults think they should smack 
   their kids around (or their spouse around...  ).  No smiley here.


Richard Snell, UofToronto Zoology
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