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Anyone who casually assaults children deserves to be held accountable to the law.
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Agreed, the Law of Natural Selection.
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I would assume the best lesson for children would be conflict resolution
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Such as decisively putting a stop to conflicts which they did not begin, but which were rather initiated upon them.
Agreed.
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quote]basic self-defense, perhaps;
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Agreed again; "This is an arm-bar, this is a torque-lock, this is Pepper Spray, and this is a proper sight picture."
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or how to make a citizen's arrest.
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Which not every State recognizes, and damned few places outside of the US.
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It's difficult to get the idea of a bullet in the brain across to children
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Really? I learned it at 4yrs old, when my Mom shot a squirrel and made me hold it while it died. Believe me, I got it. Nothing says "permanent" like feeling something alive and furry and warm go cold and stiff.
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who get conflicting messages from pretty much every other area in life besides adult entertainment and local news.
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If their parents aren't doing their job/s, I agree. However, any child of mine would have been raise in an environment that was 103% clear on the following issues:
1: They own their body. Nobody else does. Ergo, nobody else has the right to so much as touch them without their permission; the only possible exceptions being medical personnel with the consent of their (the kid's) parents.
2: Anyone who -does- touch them without their permission or against their expressed wishes is violating their Rights; not only the Right of ownership over their own property (their bodies), but also their right to associate or disassociate as they like.
3: Any violation of their Rights, especially on an interpersonal level, may be repelled by whatever means, using whatever force, is necessary.