Being slapped anywhere on their body is striking, as you would quickly discover if you tried it on a police officer.
A light slap on the bum is entirely different and that's what I'm talking about.
Holding hands with an officer without permission would end you up in jail.
Grabbing an item from the officer without permission would end you up in jail.
You can do all of those things with your child that you can't with an officer.
Your analogy's logic breaks down easily.
(I don't condone police violence either; I'm laying out a positive argument, not a normative one.)
You ignored the breakdown of your analogy.
Just going to reiterate, if you're hurting your child you aren't spanking, you're beating.
The act of spanking is to strike the butt cheeks to inflict pain as a punishment, there is no other mechanic at play. It is striking another person to hurt them.
> It is striking another person to hurt them.
You added those parts. I said exactly the opposite.
There is another mechanic at play. The fear of getting in trouble and going through the process.
The light slap on the bum isn't even supposed to sting.
But I do agree we are at the limit of productive dialog, have a good day.
The hypocrisy is astounding and one of the worst aspects - behavior we've outlawed against adults are being outright advocated for children in a position where they can't reasonably defend themselves.
You're seeking to justify violence and abuse, no matter how you trivialise it.
Try to do anything to another adult with consent and you'll have criminal charges.
You can't ground another adult, or take away their stuff. You can with your child.
Also teammates slap each other on the bum all the time.
My ex took someone to court over an unwanted slap on the bum a while back, in case someone thinks this is hypothetic, as the CPS agreed it was a crime though they cautioned they'd have a hard time proving the case.
I responded to your other point elsewhere.