My answer is actually "no, but there are circumstances in which it is defensible". For example, I would never suggest that a parent be punished for slapping a child's hand away from a hot stove or broken bottle. I also think the girl's reaction of calling the police in this case was wildly over the top.
However, I would like to see smacking outlawed, and I have little time for the oft-heard argument that such a law would be "political correctness gone mad" or similar. More than half of EU countries (14 out of 27) now have just such a law, and their societies have not collapsed in ruins. We should follow.
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Date: 2008-08-14 12:22 pm (UTC)However, I would like to see smacking outlawed, and I have little time for the oft-heard argument that such a law would be "political correctness gone mad" or similar. More than half of EU countries (14 out of 27) now have just such a law, and their societies have not collapsed in ruins. We should follow.