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There's also a huge difference between spanking a child for punishment and hitting a child out of anger. I was spanked as a child, up to a certain age. My brother was never spanked. I guess I was just badly behaved But seriously, I'm about as non-violent as possible. I don't think I'll spank my own kids, but I really don't see any absolutes on this issue. It does upset me a LOT when I see mothers hitting their children or pulling them very strongly by the arm or even just chewing them out/yelling at them in public for stupid things. The other day I saw a woman yank her son, who looked to be about 2.5, extremely hard by the arm, and then yell at him and call him a name for not walking fast enough across the street because she was trying to cross while the walk sign was blinking. Seriously, this kid was practically a baby; why didn't she just pick him up? Stuff like that makes me mad. But unlike the above poster, I never resorted to physical violence to show how mad I was (and look, I was spanked as a kid!).
As far as the OP, everybody already said the important stuff. It really does depend on the conviction, and it will potentially matter in the future with licensing and all that jazz.
Oh yeah I wanted to mention something in response to the DUI post (zero tolerance person): in some places you can get convicted of a DUI just for having had a single drink that night. Your blood alcohol level doesn't even have to be in the legally drunk (.08?) range. I just heard a report on the radio about new laws being passed like that. There was an example of a woman who was put in jail overnight and then convicted of DUI because she had a glass of wine with dinner and then at some point later was in her car and the headlights weren't on (I'm not entirely clear on the story) and she was pulled and given a breathalizer (sp) and her blood alcohol was something like .03. Just an interesting point I thought I'd throw out there.
As far as the OP, everybody already said the important stuff. It really does depend on the conviction, and it will potentially matter in the future with licensing and all that jazz.
Oh yeah I wanted to mention something in response to the DUI post (zero tolerance person): in some places you can get convicted of a DUI just for having had a single drink that night. Your blood alcohol level doesn't even have to be in the legally drunk (.08?) range. I just heard a report on the radio about new laws being passed like that. There was an example of a woman who was put in jail overnight and then convicted of DUI because she had a glass of wine with dinner and then at some point later was in her car and the headlights weren't on (I'm not entirely clear on the story) and she was pulled and given a breathalizer (sp) and her blood alcohol was something like .03. Just an interesting point I thought I'd throw out there.