i thunk so

This actually falls into the “Politicians who don’t already have enough to do so they sit around dreaming up new, crackpot legislation,” but that was too long to fit into my sidebar.

Obviously, Sally Lieber didn’t get the attention she craved as a child, so she’s out to make sure that you don’t get to decide how best to discipline your child. She is failing miserably at life, and we are being told she failed miserably at her effort to introduce new legislation in California that would make spanking a crime.

Think this idea is far-fetched? Not really. In fact, while the news of the world is that she dropped her efforts, the truth is that she successfully introduced the bill to the California State Assembly today. She uses language like “use of force” instead.

Says Karen England, Executive Director of Capitol Resource Institute:

Assemblywoman Lieber has claimed that she is no longer going to ban ‘spanking’. This is mere semantics as AB 755 on its face bans the use of force in disciplining a child.

This is a tactic often used by politicians to make their legislation seem benign when in fact it is still just as bad.

Parents often use a wooden spoon or ruler to spank their children. This legislation actually bans the use of ‘a stick, a rod, a switch, a belt’—tools often used by responsible parents in spanking disobedient children… [via ChristianNewsWire.com]

Think it couldn’t happen in your state? In your town? Don’t kid yourself. I’m not even a spanking advocate. I reserve that type of punishment as a last resort, and rarely need it. Kids respond to many other forms of punishment, but there are times when brute force is the only thing that will create a lasting impression.

Filed by JP at 5:14 pm under Government, Idiots