They walk among us

There are a lot of people out there who, intent on their do-gooding, trample all over the rights of those they are trying to do good for. In their rush to force their superior wisdom on we of the numbskull class they campaign to make law their personal opinions. They carefully structure the dialogue in such a way as to re-define words to mean what they wish.

Take, for example, someone I heartily wish would physically compete for the Darwin Awards in the same way she verbally does. Sally Lieber, for all I know, is a wonderful, intelligent, articulate, capable assemblywoman for the most part. But from where I sit, she is a destructive, intrusive idiot whom represents all that is wrong with government.

Use of a belt is seldom abuse. However, she doesn't care. As she points out, to her any corporal discipline is, by definition, abuse.

I personally am very passionate about banning all physical abuse, but the votes are simply not there," she said. "So California law will continue to allow parents, caregivers — whoever is in control of a child — to spank with an open hand on the buttocks, including to the point of injury to the child

Of course, Nadine Block is no better:

We would all like a perfect world … where we just stopped hitting children," Block said

Okay, enought already. I have mentioned before the ludicrous "reason with a child" and "give them a time out" methods that only work with children that are already disciplined. Corporal punishment has its place.

The other night we were reminiscing and Dad talked about an episode from my own childhood in which there was something I wanted but was not allowed to have. He told me no. I looked at it, looked at him, looked at it...he saw it in my eyes. "You know if you touch it you are going to get a spanking, don't you?"
"Uh-huh" I said.

Then I reached out and grabbed it.

I got the spanking. I sat on his lap for a bit, then went for it again.

As he said, he watched me looking at him, then at the item, knowing what was coming...and deciding it was 'worth it'. And getting another spanking. And then going through it again.

Now, replay that scenario if he simply "reasoned" with me. I would have ended up with the item as all he could do is say "no" or get in a tug of war...think about the ridiculousness of that. Even worse...what recourse would he have had without the option of coporal punishment.

"You know what you did was wrong, don't you?"

Me "Yeah, so what?"

And that is exactly how I would (still) be. I am very strong willed. What I think is idiots like Block and Lieber would move their efforts to a more useful location; how making sure police cannot use force against criminals? Much like children, they only get in trouble when they cross established boundaries. How about just reasoning with them? That should work well.

The problem is when people like these get loose with their lunacy it obscures the actual cases of abuse. I do not doubt there are a few cases out there. But they are so hidden by cases that are NOT abuse but people like these LABEL as abuse that skew the statistics and make it seem a much more prevalent than it actually is. And reasonable people see that there is nowhere near the levels of abuse they claim...and that a mojority of cases labeled as abuse are anything but...and we come down hard on these proponents because it is they that are the true threat.


That does not mean I condone or would stand for someone punching their kid, beating them to the point of bruises and welts, etc., but I do know the difference and fear people like them who don't.

Note to Lieber: stay the smurf away from family law. Make the world a better place but shutting your far wing outlandish anti-social views out of the public forum.

Memo to her constituents; next time you vote, choose more prudently.