Perhaps they may not be yet grown-up enough to govern themselves. Can statehood be revoked?
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People still say that over here. Especially when they say it in defense when they get charged, since itâs been explictedly illegal for a while.
Alas, still not enough red on http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Map_of_domestic_corporal_punishment_abolition.svg 
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Ahh you crazy Americanâs with your strange belief that Democrats arenât conservatives.
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Sometimes I think that Lincoln was wrong to glue North and South back together. The United States is not one country, itâs at least two, with each being occupied by the forces of the other.
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Being Naughty in Kansas, thatâs a paddlinâ
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Isnât that Satanic video games and violent movies?
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That in itself is a valuable lesson. 
Iâm curious - now that you are no longer a child, when you are wrong do you still expect corporal punishment?
If you get a parking ticket, do you expect the police to come round and club your kneecaps? Those police officers put up with a lot of crap and get paid nothing, especially in Kansa. Anyone who commits a crime needs to learn respect and to respect the law.
Oh, but youâre a model citizen, right? Never broken the law in your life, never jaywalked, never littered, never exceeded the posted speed limit while driving? Never crossed the double yellow lines to make a technically illegal turn for the sake of convenience on an empty street? Never got the wrong amount of change back from a clerk? Never raised your voice in anger, never yelled at another person in public, never swore in public, never blasphemed in public, never did anything that might offend someone or disrepect them?
Of course not, otherwise youâd be a cripple by now, and deservedly so! What is the world coming to, where âscienceâ is teaching us that beating people doesnât actually work to prevent negative behavior, and in fact just damages people psychologically and makes them less capable human beings?
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I thought it was the Dungeons and Dragons! That or those awful Science Fiction stories and Comic Books - the sort of stuff kids get exposed to in those newfangled Pool Halls!
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Itâs no laughing matter. In high school the principal kept a large wooden paddle (designed, I assume, for maximum pain) on his door, which he used on the black male students all the time.
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I didnât see the bill in the link, but what will constitute defiance? What if a child doesnât answer because he is painfully shy or has other social issues?
People above already mentioned so many other problems with this proposed law, but in essence, through role modeling, they are telling children that assault is the way to achieve your goals.
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Yeah, but isnât that pretty much true of everything? From politico-geographic states right down to (up to?) mental ones?
I am not schizophrenic. I am not schizophrenic. I am not schizophrenic. âŚ
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Pool? Pool! POOL!!! Statanâs Testicles more like! Ban this filth!
Even when you grow up, society exerts control by the threat of sanctioned violence. It might be the threat of detention or confiscation rather than corporal punishment, but it is still about keeping us scared.
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But you see, our state has been rather progressive (across the board) for a very long time, until the rise of various groups like Operation Rescue, Citizens/Americans (under any Koch Brothers banner), and the Phelps clan.
Itâs my assumption (having lived here many years of my life) that many conservative groups figured that being a quiet and unassuming state, that the citizenry would be ripe for takeover. I think they were right.
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âWithhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.â âProverbs
So, okay thenâŚ
The Democrats are conservatives, the fact that Republicans are sometimes barking mad conservatives doesnât change that at all.
Up here in Canada we got the âLiberalâ Party which, as it happens, is also conservative. It ainât about the names itâs about the policies & practices, tho they do enjoy suckering young folk with their Liberal name.
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Seriously: What the flying fuck is the matter with fucking Kansas?
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A much more effective bill would be one that allowed citizens to beat up moronic âlawmakersâ, and certainly would be a lot more satisfying!
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And Iâm absolutely sure that no sadistic perverts working in Kansas education that waiting to spank a 17 or 18 year old girl. (Rolls Eyes)
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