Violence; does it work?

[Paddygirl]

I find this hard to answer! No, I do not agree with violence in the home, bullying, murder etc. but I do not believe LIGHTLY smacking a child in a controlled manner is harmful either, there are times talking just doen't work with some children and the point has to be driven home because thye are putting themselves into a dangerous situation,nor do I disagree with heavy penalties for serious crimes so the threat of violence does appear to work (eg Singapore/death penalty/whipping etc gives this city a VERY low crime rate) I agree with Billy on the domesticated animals for food and leaving other species alone, history proves our meat eating tendencies and it's very yummy! This is one of those situations where if all violence is banned, (disciplining children/retaliation against bullies/protecting your home and family etc) things get out of control and if nothing is done it gets out of control.