tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23389608.post5425547513524924187..comments2023-09-28T08:26:19.558-07:00Comments on Nemesis of Evil: Standing up for their right to hit babiesNemesis of Evilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00490899473009966189noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23389608.post-46199602847861570382007-01-24T17:29:00.000-08:002007-01-24T17:29:00.000-08:00And now your new favorite newspaper is weighing in...And now your new favorite newspaper is weighing in! Joy:<br />http://media.www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2007/01/24/Opinion/Proposed.Spanking.Ban.Is.Not.Such.A.Crazy.Idea-2670262.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.comKathy Schrenkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204191003006310165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23389608.post-83226280813182297562007-01-23T10:32:00.000-08:002007-01-23T10:32:00.000-08:00It is somewhat amusing that all this fuss is over ...It is somewhat amusing that all this fuss is over a bill that hasn't even been submitted.<br /><br />When I started writing a political blog, I would post about this or that crazy-ass politician (can you say, "Sensenbrenner") who submitted some crazy-ass bill. I stopped doing posts like that, because every time I would follow up on what happened to a bill a few months after it was introduced, I'dMike Laursenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624641442395273645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23389608.post-50170547286788262872007-01-23T00:09:00.000-08:002007-01-23T00:09:00.000-08:00Alright. You nailed me on the first one, sort of....Alright. You nailed me on the first one, sort of. I should have added a few qualifiers in there.<br /><br />If (and only if) you don't count the readers who have been posting anonymously on the Mercury news site and at Paloaltoonline, Lieber's opponents are legitimately attacking this idea as big government. I didn't just pull that list of criticisms out of thin air, after all. Hopefully I'm Nemesis of Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490899473009966189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23389608.post-54781028765060527692007-01-22T13:30:00.000-08:002007-01-22T13:30:00.000-08:00Aaagh! You just gave two prime examples of the kin...Aaagh! You just gave two prime examples of the kind of political discourse I can't stand.<br /><br />First: Sally Lieber's opponents made all the arguments against her idea that you listed AND pointed out that she has no children of her own. You cherry-picked the one criticism that is personal and hits below the belt, as if it were the only criticism.<br /><br />Second: You hint, passively, that Mike Laursenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624641442395273645noreply@blogger.com