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Speaking as a father, there would be recourse.

True, you could move away. That would be after a stranger inflicts physical trauma upon your child, however. Might be best to avoid that altogether?

I'm not sure you (or perhaps even the parent comment?) quite realize what "recourse" by a father would mean in Mississippi. I read that as, shooting the principal dead and possibly turning yourself in to the police. If you're white, you'll probably get off with jail time. If you're dark skinned or non-christian probably suicide by cop to avoid the unpleasant (in)justice. It's about protecting other children and making future principals think twice.

The US is a large country with highly variable laws and customs. Just as parts of Europe refer to other parts of Europe as 'North Africa'... when you say Florida or Missippi in the US it has a similar twang.

Murder would be an overreaction to physical abuse. More appropriate would be to catch the perpetrator alone and beat the piss out of him.

I think you’re right, that’s what the parent comment was referring to. That seemed patently ridiculous, so I made a joke about how the recourse would be moving away.

Might be better to just make it illegal to hit children?

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