Moogie
10-11-2003, 02:51 PM
The UN sez Canada should ban spanking of children!<br><br>No, I'm not kidding.<br><br><table width="90%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bordercolor="#63635A" bgcolor="#E7E7E2" align="center"><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">A United Nations committee has ruled Canada should bar parents from spanking their children. <br><br>As a signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Canada is obligated to make periodic appearances before the U.N.'s Committee on Rights of the Child, which said the country should "adopt legislation to remove the existing authorization of the use of 'reasonable force' in disciplining children," the National Post reported. <br></td></tr></table><br><br>This is from the same bunch of "diplomats" who didn't pay for their lunch during a power failure at the UN building in NYC a few months back....<br><br>Here's the <a href="http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35000"><b> link</b></a> to the full story.<br><br>Any thoughts?<br><br><br>