Derrick MacThomas
November 21st, 2007, 06:39 PM
Time to track down the politician/s responsible for this insane law and give them the thrashing that they obviously missed out on as children.
Actions by politicians need to have consequences for them, personally.
They screw us, we screw them.
Politicians need to be made aware that they are not untouchable and cannot hide behind the parliamentary protection special duties police forever.
Any Australian politician who tries to interfere with how I raise my children will soon find themselves on the wrong end of something unpleasant.
Only by taking the consequences up to the politicians can they be made to behave in accordance with the will of the people.:lulz:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22801641-5006003,00.html
Dad convicted for smacking son
November 22, 2007 12:00am
A NEW Zealand man is believed to be one of the first people to be convicted under the law against smacking after he spanked his eight-year-old son three times on the bottom.
The 33-year-old father from Masterton, in NZ's North Island, was sentenced to nine months supervision yesterday after he admitted he grabbed his son by his shoulder and smacked him with an open hand, The Dominion Post reported today.
The controversial legislation, which passed into law in May this year, removed the defence of reasonable force for parents who physically discipline their children.
Family First national director Bob McCroskie said parents should be concerned.
"It's the first of what's going to be many cases of the law targeting good parents. Our predictions have come true."
Masterton District Court judge Anthony Walsh told the man, that while he may have got away with smacking in the past, "it is a case of not now".
The man, who has name suppression to protect his son's identity, smacked his son on October 29 after he was told his son had caused some problems at school.
The father confronted his son and grabbed him by his shoulder. Her then flipped the boy over his knee and smacked him three times on the bottom with an open palm, before roughly sitting him back up.
The eight-year-old had bruising to his shoulder, which his mother photographed, the court was told.
The boy's mother, pregnant with the couple's fourth child, showed the photo to a relative, who told later told police.
Judge Walsh said the smacking law change had redefined the way old attitudes toward disciplining children were viewed.
"Our law was recently amended to make it clear that children should be protected. There are other ways that must be taken to discipline children, short of violence, and that means time out and loss of privileges."
The father, who pleaded guilty to assault, and his wife had already sought help with anger management, parenting skills and relationship counselling before yesterday's sentencing.
Actions by politicians need to have consequences for them, personally.
They screw us, we screw them.
Politicians need to be made aware that they are not untouchable and cannot hide behind the parliamentary protection special duties police forever.
Any Australian politician who tries to interfere with how I raise my children will soon find themselves on the wrong end of something unpleasant.
Only by taking the consequences up to the politicians can they be made to behave in accordance with the will of the people.:lulz:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22801641-5006003,00.html
Dad convicted for smacking son
November 22, 2007 12:00am
A NEW Zealand man is believed to be one of the first people to be convicted under the law against smacking after he spanked his eight-year-old son three times on the bottom.
The 33-year-old father from Masterton, in NZ's North Island, was sentenced to nine months supervision yesterday after he admitted he grabbed his son by his shoulder and smacked him with an open hand, The Dominion Post reported today.
The controversial legislation, which passed into law in May this year, removed the defence of reasonable force for parents who physically discipline their children.
Family First national director Bob McCroskie said parents should be concerned.
"It's the first of what's going to be many cases of the law targeting good parents. Our predictions have come true."
Masterton District Court judge Anthony Walsh told the man, that while he may have got away with smacking in the past, "it is a case of not now".
The man, who has name suppression to protect his son's identity, smacked his son on October 29 after he was told his son had caused some problems at school.
The father confronted his son and grabbed him by his shoulder. Her then flipped the boy over his knee and smacked him three times on the bottom with an open palm, before roughly sitting him back up.
The eight-year-old had bruising to his shoulder, which his mother photographed, the court was told.
The boy's mother, pregnant with the couple's fourth child, showed the photo to a relative, who told later told police.
Judge Walsh said the smacking law change had redefined the way old attitudes toward disciplining children were viewed.
"Our law was recently amended to make it clear that children should be protected. There are other ways that must be taken to discipline children, short of violence, and that means time out and loss of privileges."
The father, who pleaded guilty to assault, and his wife had already sought help with anger management, parenting skills and relationship counselling before yesterday's sentencing.