It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good.

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Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good.

UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote:If I had said "he has poor impulse control." going by your argument that would be an excuse too. Sociopaths are either born with no conscious or just abused so badly they develop a shitty one. Either way there is no excuse for killing people in cold blood. Yet, those are two explanations for why someone killed a bunch of people. Whether my brother has poor impulse control or was raised to the point where he had poor impulse control, they both would be reasons. Not excuses.

ex·cuse/ikˈskyo͞oz/
Verb: Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
Noun: A reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense

ex·pla·na·tionNoun/ˌekspləˈnāSHən/
1. A statement or account that makes something clear.
2. A reason or justification given for an action or belief.

"He has poor impulse control" is a statement of your brothers behavior. " We had very poor control of our emotions and anger because of how we were raised." is an excuse. And yes, there is overlap in the definition of these two words. But not in this case. Not when you clearly attached blame for your brothers behavior on the way your parents raised you.

09-23-2011 07:20 AM

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It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-19-2011, 01:49 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-19-2011, 01:51 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - SoulRiser - 09-19-2011, 08:49 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Hannah-chan - 09-20-2011, 05:44 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - aaaaaaasd - 09-20-2011, 05:55 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-20-2011, 06:05 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - LOON_ATTIC - 09-20-2011, 08:52 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-20-2011, 09:29 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-20-2011, 02:56 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-20-2011, 11:25 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-21-2011, 12:15 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-21-2011, 02:10 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-21-2011, 04:51 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - sergeant - 09-21-2011, 05:18 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-21-2011, 05:33 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Absnt - 09-21-2011, 06:34 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-21-2011, 06:48 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-21-2011, 07:05 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - aaaaaaasd - 09-21-2011, 07:43 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Absnt - 09-21-2011, 08:27 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-21-2011, 12:29 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-22-2011, 12:51 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-22-2011, 02:41 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - SoulRiser - 09-22-2011, 03:19 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Phrozen_Soul - 09-22-2011, 06:33 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Absnt - 09-22-2011, 07:09 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Phrozen_Soul - 09-22-2011, 08:49 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Absnt - 09-22-2011, 09:04 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-22-2011, 09:42 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Absnt - 09-22-2011, 10:47 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - flann - 09-22-2011, 12:34 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-22-2011, 02:42 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - LOON_ATTIC - 09-22-2011, 02:46 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - SoulRiser - 09-22-2011, 07:43 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-23-2011, 04:16 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 04:41 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - SoulRiser - 09-23-2011, 04:46 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-23-2011, 05:00 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 05:10 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-23-2011, 05:18 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 05:29 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-23-2011, 05:50 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 05:58 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-23-2011, 06:45 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 06:55 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 09-23-2011 07:20 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - .Manicrose. - 09-23-2011, 07:31 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Miller0700 - 09-23-2011, 07:48 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 08:52 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Miller0700 - 09-23-2011, 08:54 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 08:57 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Miller0700 - 09-23-2011, 09:03 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 09:11 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Blobthe15 - 09-23-2011, 09:37 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - flann - 09-23-2011, 10:31 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Phrozen_Soul - 09-23-2011, 11:34 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 11:50 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Phrozen_Soul - 09-23-2011, 12:22 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-23-2011, 03:14 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - SoulRiser - 09-23-2011, 09:19 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Miller0700 - 09-24-2011, 03:21 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-24-2011, 04:12 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - HeartofShadows - 09-24-2011, 05:59 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Phrozen_Soul - 09-24-2011, 11:26 AM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 09-24-2011, 12:28 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - SoulRiser - 09-24-2011, 11:00 PM

Re: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - HeartofShadows - 09-24-2011, 11:06 PM

RE: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - Aya - 10-01-2011, 10:47 AM

RE: It astonishes me that people STILL think spanking is good. - UnschoolShqiponjë - 10-01-2011, 01:08 PM

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