quote:Originally posted by Sofa King:quote:SK - You made MY argument for me: you state you were BEATEN. Proper corporal punishment DOES NOT entail 'beatings'.
At exactly what point does a spanking become a beating?
Teachers like you (I presume) used a large wooden board to "spank" the kids. If that were done outside of a classroom, most would consider it a beating but I'm open minded about it.
So define the difference between a spanking and beating, please?
Spankings produce minor pain without serious physical injury.
Beatings produce extreme pain, and cause serious injury due to violent, forceful, repetitious strikes.
The Code of Alabama Title 13A-1-2 defines physical injury as "impairment of physical condition or substantial pain". Serious physical injury is defined as "Physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ".