[kall]

Right.

Today's news showing the various protests around the country prompted me to post this thread, along with a poll.

For those of you unaware, Green Party MP Sue Bradford currently has a bill before Parliament that will criminalise the smacking of children.

Over 80% of New Zealanders polled recently were opposed to the bill. Despite this, the Labour Government is looking to push the bill through, not as a Private Member's bill, but as a Governmental one.

Personally, I am very opposed to it. I was opposed to it 3 or 4 years ago, when the UN announced it would like all member countries to adopt it.

Basically - there are scumbags out there who beat their children so severely that they end up in hospital and die. This bill WILL NOT stop these people. To the best of my knowledge, beating the shit out of your kids is currently illegal, as is killing them.

Also, in my youth, I would have probably walked into a fire or sliced off a limb, had I not received a smack when I ignored the verbal warnings.

To criminalise that is, in my opinion, absolutely wrong.