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by Steve
Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:21 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Sinead or ?
Replies: 103
Views: 305007

Re: Sinead or ?

I think one of the interesting aspects of the SMU conference might be the participation of the representative from Save the Children Sweden. Like Vachss' organization PROTECT, the US branch of Save the Children takes no position on corporal punishment at all so far as I can tell, no explanation offe...
by Steve
Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:54 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Sinead or ?
Replies: 103
Views: 305007

Re: Sinead or ?

The school thing is particularly stupid because where it exists, beaters have complete immunity. Short of killing or practically killing someone, no government or law enforcement agency will get involved. Schoolteachers in these situations have a god-like status that not even parents 'enjoy'. For th...
by Steve
Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:06 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Sinead or ?
Replies: 103
Views: 305007

Re: Sinead or ?

Sorry. Hope things go okay there. Few notes: Apparently this is Child Abuse Prevention month in the US. I had no idea. Locally, a couple days ago there was a rally (which I found out about after the fact) at the courthouse with pinwheels, mayors issuing proclamations, etc. The little girl beaten to ...
by Steve
Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:16 am
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Sinead or ?
Replies: 103
Views: 305007

Re: Sinead or ?

Dennis wrote: In Sweden they are even proud of the Swedish Chef in the Muppet Show.
You heard about his kid, right?

by Steve
Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:20 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans



More information and links from the Youtube page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXh3qFZyhYg

And just because I feel like it:



Steve
by Steve
Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:03 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

Bernard, Let's make the point about legislation mine then. A couple months ago I had the chance to get into a conversation with a therapist who's worked pretty much exclusively in state forensic hospitals. "Alice who ?" she said. She hadn't heard of Jonathan Pincus either. I'd say she was ...
by Steve
Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:53 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

sf, You're right. And this is just about schools. A relative minority of them at that. Tip of the iceberg. Even most parents who insist on retaining the "right" to beat at least their own kids oppose school corporal punishment, but what we have is no action and deafening silence. I agree w...
by Steve
Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:45 am
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

4 Days: Abuse of America's Poorest School Children Will Persist and Escalate if...‏ ...Americans remain silent on this issue. The Hitting Stops Here! will extend the “Fight the Paddle” event, scheduled for Friday, December 3, by following it with an “around-the-clock” campaign beginning that night ...
by Steve
Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:35 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

Stuff's still happening in Texas. Rally this Friday:

http://nospank.net/tx-rally.htm

Steve
by Steve
Fri Nov 26, 2010 5:05 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

Bernard, I hope I'd be the last person to dismiss or unduly criticize anyone with a feminist bent. It seems clear that at least on average that movement has been heading in the right direction. I believe womens' rights has been a (maybe "the") crucial factor in finding ourselves where we a...
by Steve
Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:52 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

Thank you for providing a place to post it, Dennis. I actually came to the site in hopes of locating some old information I may have left here on psychiatry and have nothing to add to this thread, but your response is appreciated. The interviewer is Paula Flowe. Nobody works any harder or gets in pe...
by Steve
Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:17 am
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

by Steve
Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:52 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

I will quit posting Paula's messages here when she is done in Austin. Public discussion of this issue really has been quashed, however, I was unable to find a single mention of HR 5628 anywhere in the news. It seems no one else is talking about it, or doing anything at all. * If You Are Down With Ma...
by Steve
Sat Oct 23, 2010 3:09 pm
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

We're not doing very well here. I'm unaware of no ongoing public debate about school corporal punishment or HR5628, especially on any nationwide level. Frustrating since according to the survey Bernard cites, there are only four states in which any sort of majority sanction the idea of school beatin...
by Steve
Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:14 am
Forum: Primal Cafe
Topic: Note to Americans
Replies: 19
Views: 85123

Re: Note to Americans

What's great in that survey is that it shows more than three-fourths of us already want corporal punishment out of schools. Thanks , Bernard, that could really come in handy. It seems to me that if the US ever signs any UN treaty at all The Convention for the Rights of the Child ought to be it. The ...