Jim Guinee wrote:

> I got this from the "Psychwatch" newsletter.  It was prefaced
> with the question "Sad news?"
>
> Gotta love that scientific neutrality!

> The study, which focused on spanking in middle-class, white families

Well, we know that THIS group will do it right.

> Only a small minority of parents, from 4 percent to 7 percent depending on the
> time period, used physical punishment often and with some intensity.

Then why worry about it?  Only 4 to 7 percent!

Of course, there is probably an even smaller percentage of sharks swimming off the 
coast of Florida that
attack swimmers, so let's strap our speakers on and jump in with MS.  These combined 
activities are probably
less risky that flogging a dolphin.
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