Sue Bradford On National Radio – Section 59

Sue Bradford debated Judith Collins on National Radio this morning. Sue Bradford opened with a veiled threat against the Dunedin study, implying that they should keep out of politics. But of course they should, they disagree with her. All the groups that have swung in behind her are a-ok. Kathryn Ryan then pointed out it…

Section 59 – Smacking Research

To anyone who has read Michael Drake’s booklet “by Fear and Fallacy“, the news over the weekend would not have come as a surprise in the slightest. Let me point out some sections. From page 22& 23: It gets even worse: the authors claim that any smack is abuse. By their own definition therefore, the…

Sue Bradford still in Kuku Land

Quote: Ms Bradford says she merely wants to remove the ‘use of reasonable force’ as a defence in court. Yep, if you go to court and your actions in disciplining your children were reasonable, Sue Bradford wants you to be convicted. Updated: TVNZ also have a short story. That has prompted many to call for…

Reporting Self-Evident Facts can be Dangerous

This mornings Hearld’s front page story: Smacking Doesn’t Harm Children. Quick check of other blogs reveals Adolf picked this up at 6:39 am. On Saturday morning?!? My reaction to this report is a sinking heart. Why? We already knew this. A generation ago everyone was smacked, those people are now fully functional members of society.…

Section 59 DVDs

Family Integrity have DVDs explaining the issues. Get over there and have a look, they are not expensive – 1 for $10 or 3 for $25. They also have a video showing Sue Bradford in a Wellington forum giving what appear to be totally bogus statistics regarding Sweden. I often wonder what people have been…

by Fear and Fallacy

Have read most of Michael Drake’s booklet on smacking and the smacking debate. It is devastating. He rips apart officials, policy, research, statistics, you name it. He is extremely through and leaves very little out. Easily the most through piece of work on any political issue I’ve seen. I will try to quote choice passages…

Michael Drake on Section 59

An excerpt that caught my attention: The letter was dated 24 August 2005 and signed “Dr Cindy Kiro, Children’s Commissioner.” It’s message was clear: I don’t know what you’ve done; please send me a copy of what your school gave to parents so that I can know what I have been publicly criticising you for.…

Section 59

Explanatory note on the bill: … Presently, section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961 acts as a justification, excuse or defence for parents and guardians using force against their children where they are doing so for the purposes of correction and the force used is reasonable in the circumstances. The Bill will repeal that provision.

Smacking and Section 59

I have a good reason to blog on section 59. I was smacked with both a horse whip and a horse stick. The stick had a thick wire inside and was used from when we were young. The whip was a bit more bendy, and believe it or not, this made it worse. But it…

Section 60

We all know about section 59 of the crimes act. Sue Bradford is very fond of telling us that children are the only group not protected from assault under the law. Wrong! Welcome to section 60. Seem’s Mia’s just discovered it 🙂 Updated: Found one, but not quite what I was after. “The Green Party…