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Originally posted by NewWindRider~
You judge the idea of corporal punishment being negative as a whole on the fact that there is evidence supporting your claim in writing, while the only evidence I, or any other person has, is hands on. But at the same time isn't experience worth more than ink?
Originally posted by NewWindRider~
You judge the idea of corporal punishment being negative as a whole on the fact that there is evidence supporting your claim in writing, while the only evidence I, or any other person has, is hands on. But at the same time isn't experience worth more than ink?
Well, not quite. The reason I am taking the stance of negative is simply this: One cannot prove a negative. Therefore the burden of proof is on the one arguing for the positive. In this case, the debate is whether or not corporal punishment is effective (positive) or ineffective (negative).
The fact that you have failed to find a study to back up your point of view, while it does not prove that my side is the correct one, it does fail to prove that yours is.
Also personal experience would be superior to fact, if a person could objectively manage to prove that their successful upbringing was due to the corporal punishment and not to due to the countless other variables that are potentially present.
That's part of why we have science, Wind. So we can isolate variables and figure out what is responsible for what.
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As well... if it stinks like a liberal, squawks like a liberal, runs away like a liberal and looks like a hippie in a church, then it must be a liberal.
As well... if it stinks like a liberal, squawks like a liberal, runs away like a liberal and looks like a hippie in a church, then it must be a liberal.
Your argument phails as hippies do not attend church.
