Corporal punishment in schools.

Thank you. Let me begin by saying that yet again you have not given any sources at all so I can automatically assume that you did not use any and therefor this is all opinion based. I will now counter your previous statement. Seeing as you have not provided a source for you definition nor a formal definition. I have not been able to find one such definition that defines corporal punishment as torture or as death. That being said even if this was a true statement I can agree with you that is not what we are talking about. In this statement you say "Children are different than adults and can be treated differently" So I would like to ask you a question, do you believe that it is alright for children to be hit and not adults? Is it ok for adults to be hit? Because you said "To equate the corporal punishment of adults to that of children is simply an invalid analogy" Because this is your opinion I will state one of my own, I do not believe you to be true. I think that the comparison is very similar. A husband wanted his wife to listen to him and now adults are wanting children to listen to them. In both circumstances it was legal for these figures to assert authority through physical harm. Though now for a husband to hit his wife it is called abuse, why should it be alright for children to be exposed to the same treatment and it be called punishment. Could you please provide me with evidence of risks with other forms of punishment. This is the third time I have had to repeat something that I stated clearly in the rules of this debate. If you are unable to provide me with evidence I am unable to take your argument seriously. I said "Please always state sources. if you run out of space you may post them in the comments with a note on the formal statement that you are doing so." you are doing none of these things and it is detrimental to your argument. Also laws have been in place to enact this form of punishment in the manner you have stated. However I will state previous evidence to support my claim that bad things still have happened regardless. "the estimated 2230 children in need of medical attention in 2005 alone, the 2 that died, and however many more that are emotionally scarred by corporal punishment experiences." "corporal punishment will gradually become less effective and as a result the severity of it will need to increase. This is why corporal punishment should never be the preferred means of correcting children and teenagers" I agree with you on this however it should not be a means of punishment at all. Definition for serious injury."physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious disfigurement, serious impairment of health and happiness or serious loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ" Though you are correct about the access force resulting in injury and that is not how it should be implemented. Corporal punishment being legal opens the door for abuse. I believe that if it was not legal that the cases of brain injury, broken bones, and death would be nonexistent. It is for all of these reasons I believe corporal punishment to be far to detrimental to be used in schools. Please vote con. http://centerforparentingeducation.org...... https://en.wikipedia.org...... http://www.cnn.com...... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...... Society for Adolescent Medicine https://en.wikipedia.org...... https://en.wikipedia.org...... https://www.jud.ct.gov... oxford dictionary