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Old September 29th 05, 04:35 PM
Jennie
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I'd say the best reason why spanking is not for children is because
children should not be legally assaultable. Children are not legally
able to provide consent, as are adults.


Your first sentence just generalises a bit. Instead of showing that
spanking is not for children, you now have to prove that children
should not be legally assaultable, which is going to be harder to prove
because it is less specific. Otherwise you have to answer the question,
"Why shouldn't children be assaultable?"

Your second sentence also contributes little: consent is not an issue
in this argument: children are spanked without their consent; that's
part of the definition of a spanking. Therefore it doesn't really
matter whether they are able to give consent or not.

Jennie