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Bill: End Institutionalised Child Abuse
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Socialist Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 2091
Description[?]:
| Corporal punishment is no more than violence against child abuse. It sets a bad example, has not been shown to work and can cause psychological damage to a child. It is hereby banned. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:12:14, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | Opposed. Teachers should have the right to discipline their students. We already know that detention doesn't work and expulsion doesn't solve the problem either. |
| Date | 22:18:01, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | How do we "know"? I'd be more deterred by losing an hour of my own free time than a quick rap on the knuckles. |
| Date | 22:26:11, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | Not everyone is like that DSP. With some, you have to wack. Its the only thing that they'll understand. By taking that away, your going to lose disipline in the classroom. Its already happened here. Once they took out, disipline in the classroom went right down the toilet. There is no disipline in our classrooms anymore. |
| Date | 22:29:54, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | And you think violence will bring it back? |
| Date | 22:50:07, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | A rap on the knuckles isn't violence. Getting punched in the face is violence but what we're talking about is not violance. |
| Date | 00:49:06, July 31, 2005 CET | From | Inactive | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | dont support. kids will laugh in teachers face when they get one. |
| Date | 00:49:22, July 31, 2005 CET | From | Inactive | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | (some kids will) |
| Date | 13:21:32, July 31, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | Corporal punishment is violence directed against children. You seem to follow a very narrow definition of "violence" which is convenient for yourself, but you have not explained the difference between "a rap of the knuckles" and a punch. |
| Date | 21:30:08, July 31, 2005 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | Opposed. |
| Date | 20:55:18, August 01, 2005 CET | From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | We suggest that schools embark on a solitary confinement policy for troublemakers. This will replace suspension and expulsion (which may extend into school holidays to tackle persistent offenders), and will mean not only that children will not only view these as punisments, but also that troublemakers are kept off the streets. Children will have access only to textbooks during this time. |
| Date | 22:34:43, August 05, 2005 CET | From | Patriot Party | To | Debating the End Institutionalised Child Abuse |
| Message | The Tribal Council has approved of this bill. Be prepared for less disipline in the classrooms because of it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 153 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 119 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 22 |
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