Bag's Rants

How easily they dismiss our fears.

It seems we have yet another go at reducing a parents options to chastise their child. Read here about some more of our nanny MPs going ahead and proposing some new legislation against smacking kids.

Now like every sensible person in the country I don't believe that anyone should smack their kid so hard that they require treatment. It is already against the law though. Those sort of people are still living in the dark ages but one thing is certain. With kids recognising that there is no real punishment heading their way they run amok. Since the first legislation came out it seems that our kids have taken advantage and are now getting away with murder. Yet, we propose more legislation and at the same time say parents have no control over their kids. Only true liberals can reconcile those two points.

Now it has obviously been mentioned that someone is concerned that a mum at Tesco’s will get prosecuted for smacking her little brat. I say that because it has been dealt with, as far as they are concerned, with the cavalier statement by Labour MP Greg Pope said: "Nobody is in favour of frivolous prosecutions, for example against the harassed mum in Tesco's.'

They just don't see it that this will be the bulk of the prosecutions because it will all be on video and there will be witnesses. Some busy body will complain and it will go to court for an easy win.

Is there no aspect of our lives these guys are not intent on screwing up as they impose their bigoted opinions on the rest of us?

posted by Bag @ 5:40 pm