Corporal Punishment

[Codiak]

Should Corporal Punishment be restored in the UK?

Me dad often bangs on about teachers using canes, rulers and coppers giving kids a clip round the ear, oh and some criminals getting thrashings with the birch.

I know I grew up without it and am a well rounded individual who doesn't step out of line, but that said there is an awful lot of scum bags out there who don't think twice about breaking the rules or committing crime.

Over to you guys to discuss.

 

[TGR]

As long as i was not going to get beating just for a speeding ticket... if it was brought back it would be the same as the state of play in the courts now, real criminals (murderers, rapist, terrorists etc) getting 3 years and other petty things getting near the same, how is it justified?

 

[Kat]

No, I don't agree, I'm fairly certain I've already had this discussion with Robbo and have no need to have it again

But my opinion stands that if you bring back corporal punishment for teachers, policemen, etc...how do you control them? How do you keep an eye on how out of line the people who are supposed to keep everone else in line are?

Basically, how do you know that policemen arn't beating kids to within an inch of their life, or teachers going overboard? Hell, how do you know that they're not loving doing it?

I just think NO.

 

[aaronxl]

No, I don't agree, I'm fairly certain I've already had this discussion with Robbo and have no need to have it again

But my opinion stands that if you bring back corporal punishment for teachers, policemen, etc...how do you control them? How do you keep an eye on how out of line the people who are supposed to keep everone else in line are?

Basically, how do you know that policemen arn't beating kids to within an inch of their life, or teachers going overboard? Hell, how do you know that they're not loving doing it?

I just think NO.

I agree it would be impossible to control them and so could lead to abuse of power, not to mention the human rights issues

 

[Luke W]

As long as i was not going to get beating just for a speeding ticket... if it was brought back it would be the same as the state of play in the courts now, real criminals (murderers, rapist, terrorists etc) getting 3 years and other petty things getting near the same, how is it justified?

So basically, as long as it doesn't affect you?

Makes sense.

Surely you, as someone who agrees with corporal punishment, should agree to being beat up when you get a speeding ticket? At the end of the day, you're breaking the law, a law that's there to try and prevent deaths. Unless, you're a hypocrite?

 

[Piper]

I think teachers should be able to punish children, it used to happen when I was at school and it never did me any harm. Personally I think kids have more respect if there is a chance of the cane....... Look at kids now, they have no respect for adults because they know full well there is nothing they can do, so the kids know they can get away with anything.

 

[TGR]

So basically, as long as it doesn't affect you?

Makes sense .

Surely you, as someone who agrees with corporal punishment, should agree to being beat up when you get a speeding ticket? At the end of the day, you're breaking the law, a law that's there to try and prevent deaths. Unless, you're a hypocrite?

You total Muppet... were in my post does it say i agree with it?

As long as i was not going to get beating just for a speeding ticket... if it was brought back it would be the same as the state of play in the courts now, real criminals (murderers, rapist, terrorists etc) getting 3 years and other petty things getting near the same, how is it justified?

My post was to explain that even if it was brought back it would be the same as kat said, and that people that had done petty things would be taking to the end of the earth and not the people doing the hard crimes (murder etc) how the fack is a speeding ticket same as murder? Ok yes its breaking the law but it’s no were near the same is it...

Speeding tickets and the preventing deaths thing is another thread entirely,

Rant over

 

[onasilverbike]

Speeding tickets and the preventing deaths thing is another thread entirely,

So, what you are saying is that the irresponsible use of excess speed could not possibly endanger life?

Imagine how well behaved motorists would be if they faced the birch for traffic offences

 

[TGR]

No im not saying that at all, in however many cases it does, but if your "done" for doing 31-32 in a 30 its a bit of a joke...

What i should have posted was Speed cameras and the preventing of deaths thing is another thread entirely,

Imagine how well behaved motorists would be if they faced the birch for traffic offences

We do... We have to pay higher prices for things like insurance because of muppets nicking cars in the area,

 

[ShimmerShot]

Smacking your own kids being outlawed is a bad decision when it was first introduced.

I was an absolute [expletive] when i was growing, the fear of getting beat by your own perents in your own home is somthing you don't want to experance (home being the sactuary) Story is that it makes you think of the consequences, I am very much the goody goody.

Youths of today scare the crap out of me. hell, some of them are 3/4th my age!

I know for a fact that kids in Far East get the crap smacked out of them at school ages (I have experanced it). They are some of the most hard working people in the work, I tell not a lie, they study and work hard far more then the western society IMO.

Perhapes bringing this back would introduce an arm of authority that is missing in this country, never have i heard so many bad words, vandilism and yobbishness recently.

Coppers hitting/clipping people. I would say no, but change happens when your young.
Ibelieve that Changes should be made whilst kids are still in school, after that they gain their own independance.