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> What you're doing is trivialising abuse and violence by pretending physical discipline isn't.

Again, what you're doing is conflating abuse and violence with discipline.

> Try applying it to an adult without consent and see the criminal charges you'd face.

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.

I'm not conflating anything - it is assault or battery when done to an adult, and it is no less assault or battery when done to a child whether or not the law recognises 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.

You can tell another adult they are grounded all you want. You just can't rely on physical violence to enforce it.

With respect to possessions, there's a stark difference between bodily autonomy and property.

That you're stretching to the point of comparing violence with taking away their stuff is disgusting.

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