Well it is a fact that the geneva convention does not apply to nonunaformed combatents. That said the idea that Bush is pushing abuses as a tact agenst detanies is pure nonsence. all the facts and numbers show otherwise.

The small # of "abuses" compared to the number that was housed there and all ...

:) Everything is black and white Shades of gray only come from the clouding over of facts by lies and bias views.

The facts in this case all show the US taking all the right steps goying through the UN and all.

The only dispute comes from this memo and how some based on there already bias view on ...

The memo was wrighten In July 2002

Then we decided to go to the United Nations and went through that process, which resulted in the November 2002 United Nations resolution, to give a final chance to Saddam Hussein to comply with international law. He didn't do so. And that was the reason why we ...

Re: self defense:

Do you have information about what happened prior to the tape being recorded? Because what I saw was an argument, lots of people, no cool heads. It wasn't clear to me, as you say, that the kids are responsible for the whole mess and that the driver had no reasonable way to avoid ...

No one CAN show you you're wrong about the bus video because this is a matter of opinion. MY opinion is that if you are MUCH larger than a child you don't hit the kid during an argument except in self defense

you hit it right there self defence 2 trouble making teens serounding a 60 yo man ...

Its not like I spank all the time eather in fact only a cpl times a year maybe always depends on the case. I do have a special needs son who has an autistic disorder so I dont as much as I would otherwise seeing he dosnt always understand so I need to take time to deside what punnishment will work ...

if you are a spanker, and you are trying to teach a kid (a kid, mind you, who has concrete logic and simplistic understanding of rules of behavior) that it was wrong to go up and spank a classmate, and that s/he instead should act like the adults of the world, what should you do?

I dont know what ...

I never said anything about violent crime just youth crime that is at a high.

As for raising good kids without spankings. maybe but Ill bet there few and far between. every kid I ever meet whose parents used lighter punnishments where spoild brats who controled the house. Of corse the familys are ...

agreed like I said spankings in a loving family unit.

I think whats missing here is the fact how perseptions change as you grow.

It starts as fear of consaquenses for the younger ages pre teen because at this stage thay are not as able to understand how doing wrong hurts others. again fear like ...

the Women's Lib statment really was to the moving out of the house in to work leaving others to rase the children day care and so on. shortly after this the rise in youth crime did jump and keeps goyng up yes its debatable and many other things factor in it but there is a coralation.

This is all a tough issue. we went on a big war agenst terror and any that harber them not any 1 group. starting with the talaban. doing all we could there without more help.

Then Iraq I disagree about how justified it was. We went to the UN with no luck only to find out that the voters agenst it ...

I think the changes in personal responsibility/accountability is directly connected to the lack of fear of real consaquenses that have messed up everything in the first place all the way up to our current laws.

The more liberal minded have meshed with the seculer agenda. to try to erode the family ...

And thats why youth crime is at an all time high and respect for adults is all but gone now in the US the. people dont think thay are linked.

Spare the rod spoil the child is a very old truth that has been lost in todays lets all just hug way of thinking thats been proven not to work and the ...

heh I dont really use a belt just my hand should of said spanking I guess. but I disagree with some said here. A good spanking gives somthing to fear and this kind of fear within a loving family breads respect. the key here is the loving family I have a 4yo son so I have had lil reason as of yet but ...

The driver did not hit the boy or any other in the bus until the boy jumped up out of his seat behind him in an aggressive poster. And to me the “hit” looked more like a strike to push away. Then both boys jumped him.

At what point is the driver suppose to just sit there and let them take control ...