The Spank Poll

[minionofmidas]

Dude, the message that violence in cold blood is totally acceptable is exactly what's wrong with it.
I certainly wasn't spanked, ever. I did get the occasional slap (never very hard) in emotional moments. And by occasional, I mean rather less than once a year.

[minionofmidas]

Washing a child's mouth out...that sounds really freakish and disgusting. I've never hear of that being actually done here...although it probably was, at one time, since it exists as a proverbial expression (as a "command" to do that to yourself). Then again, at one time babies were put to sleep with concentrated poppyseed juice.

[minionofmidas]

Well yes. It's not that different chemically from toothpaste.

I think it's the having something forced into your mouth part about it that's freaking me out a little. I couldn't have that.

[minionofmidas]

Frankly I would assume that on average those kind of people you're talking about have had a lot more physical discipline than those who don't do this.

Notice I'm not making any assumptions about cause and effect.