XPost: alt.prisons, alt.prisons.officer   
   From: swisspaul@gmx.ch   
      
   The crime rate in Singapore is low because if you spit on the street or do   
   any number of other things found inappropriate , offensive , or just not   
   approved of by those in power , then you go to jail. But this is not for me   
   a viable way of living freely.   
      
   "Dr. Chris Assaf"  wrote in message   
   news:1150073586.043702.80660@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
   > x-no-archive: yes   
   >   
   > David V. wrote:   
   >> ralph wrote:   
   >> > Robert J. Kolker  writes   
   >> >   
   >> >> David V. wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>> Hit a child; go to jail. There are many other ways to   
   >> >>> discipline a child THAT WORK without resorting to violence   
   >> >>>  against them.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> A slap on the wrist (in an appropriate situation) does no   
   >> >> permanent harm. And I agree. There are other wasys of   
   >> >> getting a child's attention. But wrist slapping or a slap on   
   >> >>  the butt is not worthy of a jail sentence.   
   >> >>   
   >> > I agree. But did you read the original?....   
   >>   
   >> I did. Some are under the very mistaken impression that   
   >> gently hitting (an oxymoron if there ever were one) is better   
   >> than hitting hard. Study after study has shown that any kind of   
   >> hitting produces negative results.   
   >   
   > The crime rate in singapore is low because of hitting.   
   >   
      
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