The passing of laws against child corporal punishment for disciplinary purposes implies that we have been raising kids wrong for at least 3,000 years, that it is legitimate to fix the wrong by making that which was legal and moral for time immemorial, a felony in our time. In an era of ebonics, condoms in schools, and general immorality and foolishness, how can such a moral stance be taken seriously when it runs counter to 3,000 years of custom and tradition? Even if they have merit, child abuse laws should not even be considered until such time as our society comes back to it's senses; the potential for damage is too great.

     Child abuse laws are misnamed; they are really parental destruction laws. Parents are a governmental unit; "Be home by 10" is parental law subject to punishment. Parental destruction laws transfer parental power to the state, and parents become state baby sitters with limited authority to control. There are already cases of kids running the family, while disempowered parents watch helplessly; this can only destroy family unity and discipline and must be harmful to the kids. Yes, child abuse laws are harmful to the kids! If you destroy parental government, you will replace the natural love and affinity of a family with unloving state authority involved with guns, jails, force, money (ours), regulations, and nosey social workers that we must answer to. "It" is abusive, intrusive, irrational, difficult to control, and you can't sue it for any destruction it issues upon the family.

     Destroying parental government will destroy our way of life; don't do it! The traditional laws which have developed over centuries already protect children. You argue not enough? We have to respect the laws of the many countries, states, and parents that we disagree with or consider harsh. If there is going to be abuse from a jurisdictional authority, I would rather have it be from loving parents, than from an uncaring state which can dispense much more destruction on far more people.