Many pro-spanking activists and crusaders for the rights of entitled parents make intricate, creative excuses for why it is okay to spank or punish a child. I tend to prefer the word "punish" and that makes clear that punishing a child in any way, not just spanking, is wrong. My mother agrees with me now on this issue, but used time-out. One pro-spanking argument is "surgery is painful too". I was put up to this as a "challenge" by a "cop".
There are many types of surgery a child can undergo. I myself did get surgery as a child, at St. Christopher's, for throat blockages related to not chewing foods well enough (due to autism). Only my mother was there, and was dedicated enough to sleep in my room instead of a hotel. It was a form of control, meaning physical manipulation of variables, but not entitled control, due to the nature of the situation.
The Tenth Commandment says, in Exodus 20:17 KJV:
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor.
The Greek root word נמחוד (Latin: lachmod) and refers to not simply wanting something from a child, but wanting things to the point of seeking to impose said item on a child, leading to theft/abuse. The Greek root word that repeats the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to "I am a good, loving parent/adult, and so I have the right to control my child". No, you don't. Your child has control over themselves, including their autonomous selves, including their bodily autonomy.
Spanking is abuse because it a) leads to harm and b) has intent to harm, even if it doesn't, under Divine Codified Ordinance. The intent (mens rea) is to control the child (and it is usually for the convenience of the abuser) leads to the unlawful violent act of spanking or corporal punishment (actus reus). If I do or say something toward a child, and they take offense, I can simply explain myself away to her, and/or apologize, and then she listens. But, if I can't explain withouit getting defensive and defending a certain set of rights as an adult, I am entitled.
The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will BURN! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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