Corporal punishment, violence, and those in authority?

Question

If corporal punishment is considering using violence to get one's way, then why are cops allowed to use it? I mean, parents and teachers aren't supposed to swat kids on the butt, but police can drag people out a car against their will, tackle them to the ground, hit them with batons, and even shoot them. Isn't this a double-standard? I mean, why must parents use a hands-off approach when exercising control but police don't have to? Is it right or wrong to use force to get one's way? If violence begets violence, shouldn't everyone, including police refrain from using it?

Answer 1

Police work is different from parenthood. Policemen are in danger of violent reaction from persons that they apprehend unlike parents or teachers wherein the children do not usually react to punishments.

Answer 2

Not everyone holds those values. If we follow your reasoning to a further extreme, then we conclude that our response to an act of war should be negotiating. Negotiating will stop bullets, right. I mean, we can throw away or recycle all those bullet proof vests in favor of negotiating skills.
Okay, that was a lot further. You have to be careful of facts.
By the way, children are still spanked/paddled by many parents. Such discipline is not abusive. Abuse is an entirely different action. Again, you have to know your facts. If a parent uses paddling in an inappropriate manner, then it is abuse. If a parent uses other forms of discipline, which are considered non-violent, in an inappropriate manner that too is abuse. Sending children to bed without a meal is abuse. Everything has a place. Some are in the grave while others are in daily practice.

Answer 3

Oh my goodness, not another liberal who feels you shouldnt smack your kid when they step out of line.

this is the problem with todays youths -- they dont get smacked enough. i dont know where youre from, but discipling a child is not a crime, so long as youre not beating the child.
No one can make me NOT test my childs behind when they step out of line.

Now, swatting them with objects, I can see how thats extreme and uncalled for.

As far as police, and their use of 'brutality'
You volunteer and you tell me what you would do if someone refused to obey the commands you give them that you issued as warning for your own safety.
Tackle someone to the ground -- heck yeah, if he tried to run after committing a crime
hit them with a batton, youre damn right, if a rioter refused to get back. shoot someone who presents a real threat standing in front of me wielding a knife.

What type of planet you living on, where you feel violence is NOT the answer to some situations.
Oh wait..youre too busy living behind the peace that others lay their life on the line for.
so the violence tht needs to be neutralized is not present or required in your eyes, which means you dont know what youre talking about, do you.

Pacifist make me sick.
If it werent for soldiers and officers America would be conquered by the communists long ago. And I wonder what all these pansies would be saying then

Answer 4

Spare the rod, spoil the child.

Even Dr. Spock went back on what he wrote about in his book on this subject.

Answer 5

Sorry but your statement/question/premise punches holes in the fragile fabric of common sense. Common sense.

Answer 6

Is that including the criminals too???