Comments on: Local J.P. Sued for offering spanking punishment.

By: happygirl

happygirl — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:09:39 +0000

This Judge has every right to give these parents A CHOICE. These parents are obviously working a lot or have better things to do than worry about their children’s lives and education. If working a lot is the cause of the obliviousness then they should have the money…if not they DO have another choice…they do not have to BEAT their children, a simple swat should do the trick…Had they been better parents and were involved in their child’s life they would one, know that their child is skipping school and could have done something about it, and two, would have been disciplining their children so this would not have happened.

By: buffy rawton

buffy rawton — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:15:41 +0000

im an 8th grader at middle school in Atlanta Ga. I have been spanked 4 times by the vice principal. Spanking is better than detention because its over with, but i dont think the school should tell my parents .

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:36:30 +0000

This is really unseemly and reckless. Judge Garza should be advised that there is a black market for images of minors (teenage girls especially) being spanked. If one of his courtroom paddlings ever gets recorded on a cell phone or something and the video gets out, the victim will have a cause of action that will make the current lawsuits look like a walk in the park.

Besides, this form of punishment is arguably unconstitutional because its impact is not gender-equal. Unlike boys, girls would have to reveal intimate personal information to avoid the chance of the beating being compounded by menstrual discomfort. Hardly seems fair, anyway.

As much as people cry foul over the use of “beating” in talking about this, Webster’s dictionary will back me up. (As for “hitting,” I think if a student whacked of one his classmates five times hard with a wooden plank, wouldn’t school rules against hitting apply?)

By: Jason R. Johnston

Jason R. Johnston — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:13:32 +0000

“Spanking”, “beating” and “hitting” are totally different things and no one is doing either of the latter. This is about corporal punishment by parental figures, Truth; there’s no one “beating” kids who don’t belong to them in this story.

And frankly, the JP is right:

By: The Truth

The Truth — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:33:09 +0000

This judge has some serious mental problems for having a girl be spanked with a paddle in front of guys and other people. At least no one should of seen this, when people think of spanking, they also associate it with sex, i am woundering about if this judge is perverted or just has some mental problems. Personally, i think any person who hits kids that arent theres, has a big problem, along with Judges, Police men, Teachers, Principals, people who propose laws to beat kids as a punishment and anyone else who likes to hit kids that arent theres is a discrace to our society and vigalantes should take action, or stop hitting kids.