Re: Susan Polgar wants Jerry Hanken Fired

I'll weigh in on the side of not bringing this up. Many parent's
decisions seem weird and creepy to other parents. I knew of parents
who washed their children's mouths out with soap, which seems creepy
to me, but it does no lasting harm and I am sure they were doing what
they thought was best; they also had probably had it done to them, and
felt it was normal. Hot saucing seems about the same. I wouldn't do
it, but it does not seem so out of the range of normal behavior as to
make an issue of it. The father has the right to bring it up, but I
don't think we do. In particular, it is the sort of thing parents do
which they think is best for their children. It is less likely to
cause serious damage than various other forms of discipline which are
still practiced in this country.



Jerry Spinrad

On Apr 10, 11:54=A0am, Brian Lafferty <blaffe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
>
> >> Wouldn't someone so offended by speech like that be MORE
> >> offended by "hot saucing" children?
>
> > Hey ace, got a record of a conviction in a court of law or of
> > child protective services taking action, or just an assertion?
>
> I've got a copy of the court order directing no hot saucing. =A0And I've
> heard about it directly from the kid's father who was in court when the
> guardian ad litem brought it to the court's attention. =A0Facts. Not
> assertions.