A court reverses a parent's grounding of his 12 year-old daughter.

globeandmail.com: Father doesn't know best, court rules in girl's fight to get grounding overruled

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The empiricist will change his opinion in light of contrary evidence. The ideologue will retain his opinion despite contrary evidence.

And the Liberals want US to emulate them.

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-Bertrand Russell

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

-Laurence J. Peters

I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.

-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

On the face of it, dumb decision, should be overruled on appeal.

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This is

This isnt the only idiodic decision that Canadian judges have made as of late...Most recently they are going for a communist run state where they take care of your kids AND tell you what you can preach and what you can say.

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No they're not. Don't be silly.

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The empiricist will change his opinion in light of contrary evidence. The ideologue will retain his opinion despite contrary evidence.

No Orwell comes to mind though.

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

-Bertrand Russell

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

-Laurence J. Peters

I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.

-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

Parents are losing control over their children, and this ruling doesn't help. Children seem to have more rights than their parents nowadays, and it's about time parents stood up and took a stand against this crap.
I mean, I'm not for spanking, but if that is the way a parent chooses to disipline their child, they can do so.
Now a bratty 12 year old has more control over her parents than they do over here. What is the world coming to?

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In the US we have an entire Unconstitutional court system for that. A system where the rules and edicts of the Constitution do not apply at all. A system where if you make a public complaint about said court system they can and will punish you for it "legally".

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

-Bertrand Russell

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

-Laurence J. Peters

I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.

-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

You are joking...Right?


Government to pastor: Renounce your faith!

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I spanked one of my daughters once. She was about 4 and had gotten out of her car seat (they never invented one that could hold her) in the back seat of the car and leapt for the door handle with the intent of jumping out while I was going 65 mph down the interstate. I caught the whole incident out of the corner of my eye. After putting the car into a sideways spin to throw her away from the door, sliding into the shoulder throwing cubic yards of dirt and sod in every direction and bringing the highway to a screeching halt I got out, pulled her out of the back and spanked her in front of God and everyone on the highway. I don't think a single soul on the road was objecting to my actions and she never got out of her car seat again. There are certain lessons that require a forceful response to make an impression that will never go away and leaves no doubt as to its intent.

No, that's not "communist." Communism is a socioeconomic political system where the productive assets of the country are owned by the state. As much as I disagree with the Human Rights Council ruling - as I often do - this is not evidence of a communist government.

Extremist rhetoric does not help your argument.

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The empiricist will change his opinion in light of contrary evidence. The ideologue will retain his opinion despite contrary evidence.

Exactly....

Wow! I never knew communism allowed for free speech and freedom of religion.

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Only the dead have seen the end of war - Plato

As Toro pointed out, an economic system doesn't care about free speech or freedom of religion, it's an economic system. The folks who run the country make the decisions about human rights. It doesn't follow that communism=totalitarianism.

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