Leon wrote:


"Locutus" wrote in message
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"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:

Let my fingers get away from me on the previous reply.

Constitutes "child abuse" in some jurisdictions. School officials can
lose
their jobs over it.

There are those these days with moral conflicts about paddling their
children or letting some one else take charge in the parents absence.
As
a result, see see higher crime rates. Some one needs to help teach our
children right from wrong and it is a 24 hour a day job.

Crime rates have been steadily declining over the past 20 years....

I do not believe that for one moment. Perhaps in certain areas but as a
whole certainly up an especially in New Orleans and Houston.

New Orleans and Houston are not "a whole". Violent crime in the United
States has declined about 35 percent since 1991.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm.

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