Smacking children to condition their behaviour when very young is a practise that dates back to egyptian times at least, and probably much earlier since apes are known to discipline their children with the odd cuff now and then. This is a behaviour that has obviously worked for thousands of years, since humans have flourished, developed agriculture, language, civilisation etc. It might be considered a 'natural' form of behaviour. No-one invented it, it just evolved to fit a need.
I am not aware that any unbiased scientific study has ever been performed with appropriate controls to quantitatively measure the effects of smacking as a form of discipline compared with the no-smacking approach. Whereas genetic engineering is based on years of hard scientific research.
Yet the very same people who are most vocal about the harm that smacking causes are often the same people that say you shouldn't mess with plant genetics to create GM foods. Why then is it OK to mess with society?
2006-09-20
03:18:15
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