And you are a PROVEN liar, LaVonne. ;-)

Doan


On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Carlson LaVonne wrote:

Opinions wrote:

"Welcome to the wonderful world of no-spank. It is a world in which
bullies run rampant and school officials do little or nothing to stop
them."

Where is your evidence that the behavior you describe below is a result
of banning corporal punishment in schools? Do you even know that the 15
year old who was victimized was victimized by adolescents that had not
been spanked?

For all you know, the perpetrators could have been children whose
parents spanked (a well-established correlation between spanked children
and aggressive behavior). The perpetrators could have been even further
abused at home.

You present no facts and no research, only one supposed opinion poll
from the mid 1980's, which you say was conducted five years ago. What a
hoot. This is 2005 and the supposed survey was conducted approximately
20 years ago.

No wonder you call yourself "opinions." You have nothing but opinions,
which you try to pass off as a universal fact. You can't even reference
a survey correctly.

You'd been a giggle when, in the face of scientific evidence, you
continued to declare the earth to be flat, and you would have had ample
survey evidence to support your "opinion."

LaVonne



Opinions wrote:
Five years ago, 2/3 of parents in Britain thought student behavior had
gotten worse since corporal punishment was banned in the mid-1980s.

Last summer, concerns over bullying via cell phones prompted official
demands that all British schools institute anti-bullying policies.
There have also been calls to ban pencil boxes, hooded sweatshirts, and
anything else that one student can use to torment another.

Only a couple of weeks ago, a former Member of Parliament complained
about a video game in which players use their on-screen persona to kick
and punch peers in a school environment.

More recently, a 15-year-old British schoolgirl was physically attacked
by peers after receiving 2 awards for academic excellence. The attack
left the victim with various facial scratches and bruises in addition
to a bloody nose, a split eyelid, and a black eye. After the
mid-morning attack, the victim spent the rest of the day in the
hospital. Only 1 of the attackers was punished - with a week's
vacation from school!

School officials claim they acted appropriately. The mother of the
victim is livid.

Welcome to the wonderful world of no-spank. It is a world in which
bullies run rampant and school officials do little or nothing to stop
them.