[Vision2020] Something has got to be done . . .

[Ted Moffett]

If it is against the law to strike an adult (battery), and can land someone
in jail, I fail to comprehend the logic (legally, morally or
psychologically) in allowing legal "battery" against children!  And
sponsored by the State, in public schools, on top of that!  Adult prisoners
guilty of horrible crimes, snared in the justice system, who it might be
argued are candidates for behavior modification via inflicting physical
pain, are legally protected against such treatment!  Yet it is acceptable
to treat children in this manner?

The legitimization of physical violence in our culture is a subject which
of course could fill a tome or two.  But the practice of legal state
sponsored violence against children in public schools in the USA is
barbaric, and a symptom of pathological social/political dysfunction.
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
wrote:

> "Many states have outlawed corporal punishment in schools, but it remains
> legal in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
> Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North
> Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming."
>
> *CBS News*
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/corporal-punishment-still-
> used-in-many-us-schools/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=28019626
>
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>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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