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[jomaraubat]

There's a front page article in the weekend paper about the terrible struggles that remote aboriginal communities have with alcohol and other drugs, domestic violence and sexual abuse. There's now a move to impose pretty radical rules on these communities (curfews, banning alcohol sales, removing children from parents, etc) in the hope of curbing

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[ketsele]

"Smacking"is so ineffectual(& generally results in a converse effect,it creates&perpetuates more of the "unwanted"behaviour),i find it's more about a loss of control/temper of the adult then a useful teaching technique..how backwards and archaic that that's what's being proposed in an already floundering community.:(
*only smacking of canucks with cute asses*
:)missin' uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[jomaraubat]

hehe - kids can't exercise informed consent cutie canuckie
missing u22222222222222222222 xoxox

[jamjar_girl]

I heard part of Judy Butters' interview with Liam Bartlett yesterday morning and I think that the particular article you're referring to was composed of quite a few "sensationalist" ideas, inaccurately reported (what a surprise). I was glad to hear the story firsthand from the source; it really clarified what was actually being suggested by the people at the coalface.

[jomaraubat]

Spoken to you now too, but yeah - why are we stuck with this crap reactionary, conservative, lying newspaper?