The Gummit sent me an envelope

[MadDuck]

No doubt this has been debated on mass here on KB so Mods feel free to merge this.

I got an envelope today. Its asking me whether to vote for "Should a smack be" ....blah blah blah. You know the rest.

I dont have kids so what the heck gives me the right to decide what parent out there should or shouldnt do? Personally I say NONE!

I am a big believer in dont vote dont complain but this ones got me stumped.

[Highlander]

"They" are spending $9 million or there abouts on our behalf to find out what the public view is.

As the public, we owe it to ourselves to express our view.

We said to our son, think about your future kids (WAY in the future we hope), if you want the right to smack as part of parental dicipline, then vote NO, if you want the current law to stand then vote YES.

[Hitcher]

There's no right answer to this and the Gummint isn't going to change anything irrespective of whatever result the referendum produces.

You have four options:

• Yes
• No
• Invalid
• Don't return it

Choose wisely.

Isn't democracy marvellous.

[mynameis]

There's no right answer to this and the Gummint isn't going to change anything irrespective of whatever result the referendum produces.

You have four options:

• Yes
• No
• Invalid
• Don't return it

Choose wisely.

Isn't democracy marvellous.

Disgrace! It's Gubmint.





Write on the form can I smack you for spending our 9 mil on this and send it back

[MadDuck]

Isn't democracy marvellous.

Hell yeah! It is giving me the chance to vote for something I know nothing about apart from my upbringings in the 60s where a thrashing was a good thing.

[Highlander]

Hell yeah! It is giving me the chance to vote for something I know nothing about

That sounds surprising close to most of the voters they talked to on the Telly before the General Election

[MadDuck]

That sounds surprising close to most of the voters they talked to on the Telly before the General Election

Dont believe everything you see on the Telly and the interweb!

[mossy1200]

No doubt this has been debated on mass here on KB so Mods feel free to merge this.

I got an envelope today. Its asking me whether to vote for "Should a smack be" ....blah blah blah. You know the rest.

I dont have kids so what the heck gives me the right to decide what parent out there should or shouldnt do? Personally I say NONE!

I am a big believer in dont vote dont complain but this ones got me stumped.

Maybe there is other peoples children that you think could do with a good smack.
These poles dont mean anything when one persons idea of smack differs from the next person.
I didnt get many smacks but lived in fear of getting one so I avoided being bad.It also taught me that if you were going to be naughty insure you dont get caught.This is a life skill that helps later on in life when your married.

[SMOKEU]

I got a letter from the government in the mailbox as well today. Too bad it was a letter 'reminding' me to pay my fines.

[scracha]

I dont have kids so what the heck gives me the right to decide what parent out there should or shouldnt do? Personally I say NONE!

You pay for the little darlings don't yer? When you retire, the little darlings will be working to keep you in the style you're accustomed too. Therefore you have every right to voice your opinion on how a parent should best discipline their little darling.

Personally, I think if a few more of them got a good foot up the arse when required, there'd be a lot less of them ending up as a burden to society.

************cliche alert***********
Never did me any harm
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I'm sick of screaming brats running up and down when I'm trying to eat my lunch. Their parents just ignore them. They should have had a 3rd option on the vote.
"Yes, and other adults can give them a smack when their own parents can't manage good parental discipline"

[mossy1200]

You pay for the little darlings don't yer? When you retire, the little darlings will be working to keep you in the style you're accustomed too. Therefore you have every right to voice your opinion on how a parent should best discipline their little darling.

Personally, I think if a few more of them got a good foot up the arse when required, there'd be a lot less of them ending up as a burden to society.

************cliche alert***********
Never did me any harm
*********end of cliche alert*********


I'm sick of screaming brats running up and down when I'm trying to eat my lunch. Their parents just ignore them. They should have had a 3rd option on the vote.
"Yes, and other adults can give them a smack when their own parents can't manage good parental discipline"

Now your talking.Re-train parking wardens to be children smackers who first give your child a smack then give the parent a ticket for failing to take control of the situation themselves.I dont approve of the high pitched squeeling kids at grocery stores for a starter.

disclaimer(I didnt intend to be grumpy bastard and I should be ignored)

[Motu]

It's not about the right to smack,that's a media blow up.It's about low lifes beating the shit out of their kids - and getting off a charge by claiming it was discipline.It's about giving kids the same rights as adults.

I remember being told decades ago when there were human rights,womans rights and animal rights issues - that children would be the last to get equal rights.How right they were.....

[RantyDave]

I'm gonna STFU except just to say...

• Don't return it

....that it's going to be nice being in the majority for a change.

Dave

[Subike]

No doubt this has been debated on mass here on KB so Mods feel free to merge this.

I got an envelope today. Its asking me whether to vote for "Should a smack be" ....blah blah blah. You know the rest.

I dont have kids so what the heck gives me the right to decide what parent out there should or shouldnt do? Personally I say NONE!

I am a big believer in dont vote dont complain but this ones got me stumped.

as this law is a direct challenge to the cival rights of all kiwis your vote counts.
an non vote is a vote in agreement with the law,
you may not have kids right now, but is we let laws like this restrict our personal choice to do what we want inside out own homes, then we are heading down the wrong road into our future.

[Grahameeboy]

It's not about the right to smack,that's a media blow up.It's about low lifes beating the shit out of their kids - and getting off a charge by claiming it was discipline.It's about giving kids the same rights as adults.

I remember being told decades ago when there were human rights,womans rights and animal rights issues - that children would be the last to get equal rights.How right they were.....

That's right......................