Legal in the US, But Illegal Elsewhere

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[Vollification]

In Sweden any form of violence against a child is in legal terms "assault" (misshandel). We have no seperate laws for hitting a child. If you hit a child it will be treated the same way as if you smacked an adult. It is VERY illegal.

[billdong]

“It’s your right as an American to look like an idiot, in fact no rights is more fundamentally American.”

Succinct and accurate, great lawyer.

[AlissaGranger]

Imagine sitting in a barber shop when SWAT suddenly breaks down the door shouting “Hand over the scissors! We’re cutting off that mullet!”

[ucnguyeninh]

"Legal in the US, But Illegal Elsewhere" *Proceed to leave out LOBBYING*

[toastbubbles]

I like that you mentioned how Wales joined the list of banning hitting children for punishment last year. We often get overlooked as a place that does implement our own laws and it was a massive deal for those of us working in children's organisations.

[C.hristoffer]

A lot of the places where abusing children is illegal dont have specific laws, they just have laws that (and i know this is crazy) treat children as people

[augusttambourpetersen]

Still remember to this day, when I was a kid and was out walking with my dad in Copenhagen. We saw a british guy hit his kid, roughly same age as me (5-6 years old) with a closed fist multiple times, he was then tackled by my dad and two other men and arrested shortly after. Gotta know the laws of the country you're in.

[Snakeplisskin]

As someone born in the US and spanked as a child, it's 100 percent messed up. I was spanked for things I did due to having ADHD an Autism and was undiagnosed. I couldn't sit still sometimes. I was loud sometimes. I hated certain foods and textures and clothing textures. I had social issues with understanding things sometimes (sarcasm etc) I have emotional issues from it. (I'm 35 years old) Sometimes when I upset someone I care about, I get an overwhelming feeling of self hatred. I get super depressed, don't talk, don't do anything and just lay in bed. This can last for hours. I wanna self inflict harm on myself for upsetting them. But that's normal right? That's not something else. Completely normal.

[theanitmeme]

I don’t know about other countries, but at least in Peru if you want to abstain from voting you have the option to vote for “None of the Above.” It’s called voting a “voto en blanco” and allows you to meet your obligation to vote even if you don’t support any of the candidates.

[suisseanonyme]

As a Swiss, I can promise you that if a teacher takes the liberty of hitting a student in any way, you will start hearing police sirens within minutes.

Edit: before answering something stupid as: "this is the reason why young in Switzerland are drug addict", "this is why crime is up" or any other stupidity thinking than US do everything better than Switzerland, please close YouTube, go on google or any other search engine and perform a simple search for checking if you are right BEFORE POSTING YOUR COMMENT.

I wish you a nice day.

[nielsbishere]

"I have been physically abused by my parents so I can do the same to my kids" - most intelligent child abuse defender

[bram]

If a parent feels the need to resort to violence in raising a child, getting children was a wrong choice.

[melody]

Every child I know who got beat as a kid didn't learn stuff was wrong, they just learned to do it where their parents couldn't find them. They literally never found out why it was bad until they grew up and got hurt because of whatever bad habit that they never problem learn to get rid of

[williamverhaeghe]

I live in Belgium where voting is indeed compulsory. But this also means that it is so well organised. You get your letter which states where you are expected (usually a school or public building, always very close by), vote and go home within 10-30 minutes. You have to vote, but no one can know who you voted for, so you can vote blank or invalid (there is a difference). There is always a party that says they want to abolish this, but they get almost no votes. It's also a public holiday since Everyone needs to vote.

[Hudson]

As an Australian, the upside of compulsory voting laws that wasn't mentioned is that because it's compulsory and people need to at least go in and get crossed off the list, it means it is required by law for the independent electoral commission to ensure that there are polling booths everywhere (most schools become polling locations as well as some places like a local Scout hall near me), and that mail in voting and early voting sites are readily available, which prevents the attempts at voter suppression you get in the US of trying to stop people voting in places they don't want them to by stopping bussing elderly people to polls, or closing poll locations to ensure that lines in the "wrong" areas are so long they discourage people from taking time off to vote. Our elections are also on Saturdays instead of the idiotic American system that put them on Tuesdays so you could ride a slow donkey from a farm to and from the poll location without missing church on Sunday. We also often have BBQs set up at poll sites selling food and drinks for charity.

[notiddymothbirlfriend]

"I was hit and I turned out fine!" has the exact energy of "I ate all the lead paint off my toys and I'm perfectly normal!" and "Calm down, dear, the asbestos snow isn't going to hurt you" combined.

[Anita-tmbi]

US lobbying system is also crazy, most countries call that bribing and is a super no no

[smashingmolko]

As a child of severe physical punishment, growing up in New Zealand spanking was legal until only a few years ago (maybe 15?), when it was banned the only people who cared or were upset by this were parents who had been physically abusing their children, and then telling the police & child services it was a 'spank' and the kid was exaggerating. It suddenly became a lot harder to lie about beating the living day lights out of your kids. Parents have just become a bit sneakier about their abuse.

Before this ban was passed, my teachers would see marks and bruises on me and call the police or CPS. Mum would twist the story to 'I'm just punishing her, she's out of control!' (Yes, this 7 year old girl who plays quietly in her room and loves school?) and they would leave.
Guess how much worse the punishment was when they left?

I have siblings significantly younger than me and now I don't have to worry about that happening to them since I've left. It is not just legally harder to get away with, but now socially too. She finds other ways to be abusive, but finally, there's a line she can cross where she will be legally reprimanded and people around her are starting to not be okay with any of her mess. As a child, when even LEO are telling you you deserve to be beaten and to not complain or speak out, you learn to accept abuse and never speak out again.

[KodakYarr]

Not normalizing violence to children leads to more well adjusted citizens that don't find violence normal - Who would have thought!

[crushssoda]

people who get hit often say “i deserved it. i was a troubled kid” is an issue in itself.