All schools should bring back corporal punishment

A society with raised aggression levels is more likely to have a President with raised aggression levels (especially when you consider that the President may be a parent). A President with raised aggression levels is more likely to press the red button. Therefore, a society with corporal punishment in schools is more likely to be obliterated by thermonuclear war. My opponent asks,"If [corporal punishment] didn't work then why would it have continued? "If human sacrifice didn't work, why was it continued for hundreds of years? If slavery doesn't work, why has it continued? If astrology doesn't work, why has it continued? If murder doesn't work, why has it continued? If assault doesn't work, why has it continued? My opponent not only has to establish a link between school shootings and a lack of corporal punishment, something he has thus far failed to do, but now he also has to do the same for gang rape. "For a union (liberal) organization such as teachers and living in a liberal society such as England it is AMAZING that 20% of the teachers would say they think it should be brought back. "Is my opponent aware that the UK had a right wing government from 1979-1997 (eighteen years! ), and has one again now? [1] The UK is a conservative country, and England even more so. The right wing Conservative Party received 36% of the vote in the last election, and the Labour Party 29%. Scotland and Wales are heavily weighted to Labour, so the difference in the share of the vote in England would be even higher. Teachers' unions are not party affiliated, and teachers are from across the political spectrum. My opponent cannot dismiss the opinions of the majority because he imagines he might disagree with their politics, and accept the opinions of the minority because he has a gut feeling that their politics might suit him better. "Being spanked has never been proven to cause violence when a person becomes an adult. "Corporal punishment has been shown to increase the risk of the victim becoming a wife beater in later life. [2]It has also been shown to lead to a lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorder, alcohol abuse or dependence and externalizing problems. [3] I also refer my opponent back to the first round sources. Spanking has been proven to cause violence in children, and that is sufficient to condemn it. If my opponent has an issue with the methodology of any of my sources, he is welcome to tackle them individually. I trust that the readers of this debate will not give much credit to a blanket dismissal of scientific studies. "Yelling at a child causes more mental damage than spanking. "Unwarranted assertion, but irrelevant, as I am not claiming that yelling is a useful alternative to corporal punishment. "However, a parent who calmly spanks a child after explaining why the child is being spanked and does so only to create a foundation for other primary methods of discipline (such as Time Out) is never going to develop a pattern of violence in the child. Never"Assertion without evidence. The scientific literature I presented in round one on spanking would suggest otherwise. "The American Academy of Pediatrics admits that spanking can stop a child from misbehaving in the short-term. "Using a blog as a source is a bad idea. Cowing a child in the short-term does not outweigh damage done in the long term. The American Academy of Pediatrics,"urges parents, educators, school administrators, school board members, legislators, and others to seek the legal prohibition by all states of corporal punishment in schools and to encourage the use of alternative methods of managing student behavior. "[4]My opponent is right that there are (many) other factors involved in crime. I think it will be difficult for him to show that lack of corporal punishment is responsible for an upsurge in school shootings, gang rape and assault. My opponent does not say why it is not okay to hit other adults, including prisoners, but it is okay to hit children. Corporal punishment has no place in a humane society. It is violence, it is psychologically damaging, and it is detrimental to society at large. [1] . http://www.thuto.org...[2] . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...[3] . http://www.cmajopen.com...[4] . http://moourl.com...