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It's an unfortunate fact that there is always someone out there who is ready to interfere with the way you live your life.

From the time primitive man started to congregate, rules were agreed upon in order that we didn't kill each other. The original intent of government was defence and foreign relations but these days they rule everything we do.

As to the above discussion, where do you draw the line? In advanced societies it is now against the law to discipline a child. It's not uncommon to hear a child has been taken from a family because he/she was smacked on the bum because of some anti-social behaviour. On the other hand there have been one or two hi-profile cases here where a child has died because the authorities failed in their responsibilities towards monitoring a family situation.

Let's face it, if the local community won't do anything about an abused child then we are all in trouble because big government won't. Just remember the millions of children dying of starvation on the African continent while governments talk of turning corn into fuel!