The Case Against Spanking - A Freedomain Radio interview with Jordan Riak

A Freedomain Radio interview with Jordan Riak, Executive Director, Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education - http://www.nospank.net

Category:

Education

Tags:

• spanking
• abuse
• corporal
• punishment
• parenting

[RevolutionaryJam]

Also spanking comes from the idea that Children have a broken nature which adults can fix! WHAT THE FUCK it's assault by any other name!

[stefbot]

I quite agree...

[DreadLaw2]

@Logical602 Well said. I hate these people who let parents get away with slightly differet parenting techniques, but then get all hyporctical and question the parents authority when they rape their kids? Oh.. wait, you of course didn't mean that, you of course know there are limits to what is moral for a parent to do, and that arbitarily implying that Physically Abusing a child is just letting "People raise their kids as they see fit" is nothing but ignoring blatant abuse.

[dubified89]

The fact that you're 'grateful' for it does not validate it. What happened was you were indoctrinated into a culture of authoritarianism and now that you're in the position of authority you like it. Because you were dehumanized earlier

[ljjvl]

@G95G95 ha ha good one

[Motherlandpluto]

@mrwhatonearthwasthat How would you have turned out if you didn't discover this video?

[hinatah89]

@ThePsychoticnut Ok I am sorry. I admit my comment was not appropiate.

[ThePsychoticnut]

@hinatah89 Did you not read the comment you are replying to? My comments in favor of spanking were made over a year ago. My position has changed dramatically since they were written. I am man enough to admit when I was wrong and it's very likely what I believe now may be very different a year from now. The reason for that is that I am constantly evaluating and re-evaluating my positions based on logic and available information.

[hinatah89]

@ThePsychoticnut Your statement just proves that spanking did harm you. Unfortunately it may be too late for you, you are already brainwashed.

[FUZZYisBIG]

@G95G95 Sigh, there is a pretty big obvious fucking difference between preventing someone from killing themselves and using non aggression principles as a parent. Would using 'force' to stop a sleep walker from walking off a cliff be wrong? Of course not you fucking twat.

[paulchiuk]

The lines on the geopolitical map of the world are battle scars or rivers of blood. Each persons' identity is fundamentally the result of both times of peace and violence. Peacetime is characterized by coercion, conformity, reward, punishment, rights, responsibilities,... and preparedness for wartime. Can we finally end child abuse and war? Who among us takes universal citizenship seriously?

[G95G95]

@LTBL88 EVERY PARENT INITIATES FORCE AGAINST THEIR CHILD! The subjective spanking debate is simply over how much is wrong. I'm sure even someone as slow as you would not condemn a parent for forcefully grabbing their child's arm to prevent him/her from running into traffic. If you are capable of comprehending why using force in this way is ethical, perhaps you can understand why spanking a child that for example insists on running into traffic is just the natural/logical progression.

[LTBL88]

@G95G95 Wow that is a really fucking stupid strawman. Are you honestly saying that people who are against physical violence towards children are in favor of killing them through neglect?? How does that even begin to make sense? And also, how is assaulting a child going to stop it from swallowing a bounce ball or getting hit by a car? Johnny just swallowed his bouncy ball so I guess I should smack him upside the head and increase the chance that he panics and chokes to death! Grow up

[G95G95]

Freedom is being able to act free of coercion. Never initiate force against your child. Let them do whatever they want or you will lose anarcho-scene points. If your child tries to swallow a high-bounce ball, you have no right infringe on the child's autonomy and intercede. Hellooo! Non-aggression axiom! Think about it, if someone stopped you from crossing the street without supervision you would press charges! Why do parents think they have the right to coerce their children in this way?