How do we stop the violence? on the Peoria.com Forums - Page 3

An eye for an eye....it's in the Bible, check it out

I don't think you have to spank your kids to be a good parent but I also don't think that spanking them makes you a good parent.

Thou shalt not kill is in the Bible, too...

When a person knowingly and willingly takes another life, or provides a heinous, violent act, I believe they are no longer deserving of ethical treatment....just my two pennies. And, after a couple examples, there would be a lot less crime and a lot less taxpayer-funded prisons that hold these creatures for the rest of the their lives.

Instigate public executions every week and televise them.

Now you're talking...or better yet, pick winners and let them participate, like in old-fashioned stonings

So, wouldn't capital punishment be considered knowingly and willingly taking another life?

Matthew 5:38-42

38"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'[g] 39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

THIS, my friends, is why I don't want anyone hitting my kids.

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TOO MANY STUPID PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!

We had corporal punishment when I was in grade school all those years ago. The threat of a spanking was a big deterrent to the kids who acted out. The worst kid in my class got spanked ONCE by the teacher during the entire school year. The rest of us got to hear but couldn't watch. Believe me, no one else wanted to be in this kid's place.

The sad reality is this: schools can no longer take over where the parents leave off because their hands have been tied by the lawyers who says they can't do this or that or the other. But there are parents who still expect the schools to raise their kids. I can't tell you how many kids I see every day who are completely defiant in the face of authority because they know that if they get sent to the dean's office, their parents will side with them--not the school--or just plainly not give a damn about what their kid did. The schools have become ineffective when it comes to discipline. It's a joke.

I don't necessarily believe in corporal punishment but I can tell you this: when they took that and religion out of the schools, self-discipline became a real issue.

Lawyers are what is WRONG with this country. We have too damn many of them.

Even if schools had the option of spanking kids the parents would have the right to opt out. The parents that have no interest in disciplining their kids probably have no interest in anyone else disciplining their kids either.

I think that all PILOTS should be publicly flogged. If no one could fly a plane, we wouldn't have HALF of the problems we see today. Down with Aviators!!!

How 'bout those Realtors? Should we flog 'em all too?

OK you deal with all the unqualified nervous nelly buyers in the marketplace today. Go ahead. Make my day....