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Can the children defend themselves, or are they legally required to passively accept the beatings? If you're going to beat people's kids, at least level the pla
by rom-antics 4y ago
Can the children defend themselves, or are they legally required to passively accept the beatings? If you're going to beat people's kids, at least level the playing field.
- curiousllama 4y agoThere’s actually formal combat rules, similar to dueling. It’s fairly progressive for that part of the world
- FeistySkink 4y agoHow is a child supposed to defend themselves from an adult? Edit: The question was rhetorical, to point out the absurdity of the situation.
- sam36 4y ago[flagged]
- WithinReason 4y agoFair enough
- JumpCrisscross 4y agoI’d be curious if assault charges have been levied against a child who fought back a violent teacher.
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- spankalee 4y agoI punched a teacher once in high school after he violently grabbed and yanked me. We just stared at each other, and then I walked away. I would have absolutely pressed charges otherwise. As a parent now, god help any teacher that would dare lay hands on my kid.
- rolph 4y agoi picked up a letter opener, i didnt have to do it a second time, the strap was replaced by calls to parents.
- bjornsing 4y agoThey have guns, don’t they?
- LarryMullins 4y agoNah, they banned kids from bringing guns to school in the 90s.
- vidarh 4y agoThey should never be expected to, but it speaks to the injustice of the abuse that the child would undoubtedly be punished further if they try to defend themselves.
- NelsonMinar 4y agoWell in America a 6 year old kid can just bring a firearm from home and shoot his teacher.
- grecy 4y agoI always thought the same should apply to bear, elephant, lion, etc. hunting. Absolutely a person should be able to prove how tough they are. Bare handed.
- vidarh 4y agoYou might like Franquins "Die Laughing" (Idees Noires) - he hated hunting, and quite a few of the comics involve animals getting revenge.
- madaxe_again 4y agoTrust me, you accept the beating. The alternatives and escalation path was not something you wanted to explore. My school had waterboarding on the menu, for instance, which I cannot recommend. And no, you can’t retaliate in secret by putting thumbtacks in the master’s shoes - that just results in cohort punishment and witch-hunts by your fellow pupils who want to skewer whoever is responsible for bringing down the wrath of god upon them. Fear is an exquisite control mechanism.
- pikma 4y ago"My school had waterboarding on the menu". When and where did you go to school?
- madaxe_again 4y agoThe U.K., this would have been 89-94. The ban only extended to state-funded schools.
- LarryMullins 4y agoI've heard some pretty extreme stories about UK boarding schools, but going so far as waterboarding somebody is shocking.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Can the children defend themselves, or are they legally required to passively accept the beatings? Children are required to obey direction from school authorities within the legal scope of that authority, and in jurisdictions allowing corporal punishment may be beaten for failure to comply. Additionally, should they resist public officials executing their lawful duties by force, this would generally be a crime (often a felony.) So, yeah, they just have to take their beatings, or be eligible for even more beatings, or worse.