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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Spank Your Child, Go To Prison.

Spank Your Child, Go To Prison.

Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette has once again introduced a bill that would make parental spanking of children a criminal offence. We speak here not of abuse, not of a closed fist on a child’s face or any other such horror. No, this concerns the occasional and moderate use of an open hand on, perhaps, a child’s buttocks. The bill is nothing new and nor, forgive the pun, is the sentiment behind it.

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