Corporal punishment would have to be one of the most horrific acts a trusted friend such as a parent or teacher can perform upon a child.

It is, after all, fundamentally wrong, morally indefensible and legally unjustifiable to impose violence on children. It’s the cruelest… meanest… nastiest and totally indefensible act.

And, preposterously, some people attempt to sugar coat it and sacrilegiously claim it’s performed out of love! Yes, love. – Ha! That is glaringly foolish, absolutely absurd, and the offshoot of an ignorant mind.

How could that be love? How could beating another human being, especially a vulnerable defenseless child, be right in the eyes of Allah or man?

It’s against federal laws in ALL countries for an adult to hit a adult, but in many less educated and liberated countries children have little or no rights whatsoever and are considered to be ‘fair game’ for abuse. Corporal punishment – unquestionably – is undiluted, unadulterated child abuse.

Child abuse can be broadly categorized into physical abuse, sexual abuse, mental abuse, and neglect. Here the spotlight shines on physical abuse.

Children are subjected to corporal punishment in the home, workplace, and school seemingly without giving it much thought. It’s how their parents… and their parents before them dealt with matters that required discipline.

Oh, that’s the other mistake. The perpetrators white wash their crimes against humanity by labelling........

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