XPost: bc.politics, can.politics   
   From: Cons@minority#s   
      
   "Norm X"  wrote in message news:jlnr4l$djj$2   
   speranza.aioe.org...   
   > Robert Latimer was convicted of "euthanasia" of his daughter Tracy who had   
   > Cerebral Palsy. According to the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, the causes   
   > of Cerebral Palsy are mostly unknown but might include physical brain injury   
   > and/or shaken baby syndrome.   
   >   
   > I know there are a lot of macho guys who would not hesitate to get into a   
   > scrap with another macho guy. These very same macho guys would almost   
   > reflexively give an annoying child a good swat on the back of the head to   
   > "smarten them up" a bit.   
   >   
   > I'm not up on the science of child abuse. Have there been any studies to   
   > determine how frequently or how forcefully a child can be swatted on the   
   > back of the head with a father's hand before (after a period of years), that   
   > child's brain began to show early signs of brain damage?   
   >   
   > They say that radioactivity is dangerous and that no level of radioactivity   
   > is safe. Even on that there is some debate, perhaps justifiably so. What   
   > about childhood brain damage? How many brain swats can a child's head take   
   > before damage shows up on brain scans, 5, 50, 100, 500, 1000?   
   >   
   > I don't know the answer to this question but it is an important question. I   
   > need to determine if one on my family belongs in prison.   
      
   WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU ASK SUCH A STUPID QUESTION ON SUCH A STUPID MEDIUM?   
   Do you not know any doctors to ask?   
   You're just opening yourself up to abuse yourself.   
      
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