Texas city revives paddling in school
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Good for you, Kreskin. Stopping abuse is a worthwhile effort when one can do it.
I was kidding about the cams. lol
Yes, the welt is the 'effect' of the slap.
That has nothing to do with the 'effectiveness' of the slap.
Effect = result
Effectiveness has to do with whether or not it accomplished the objective.
The objective may or may not be to leave a welt.
So slaps aren't effective in bringing up welts? roflmao
Welt or not there is a physical reaction to a slap. Therefore, a slap is effective. It may not bring about the effect that you want, but it is effective.
A course in English comprehension may aid you with your confusion.
I do not need to be aided with my confusion, I have none.
If I needed confusion, I certainly know where to go.
effective - producing or capable of producing an intended result
Note the use of the word 'intended'.
Whose definition is that?
Anyway, just because the slap may not have the intended result you are looking for, does not mean it isn't effective in producing a result.
You are definitely confused.
Gawd, and gerry said I was like SJP. I cracked a funny and he started nitpicking and now tenpenny's leaped onto the nitpicking bandwagon. roflmao Yup, somebody's like SJP and it isn't me.
We all have our fantasies, though. One of mine is that I'd like to be the female version of the Silver Surfer.
We all have our fantasies, though. One of mine is that I'd like to be the female version of the Silver Surfer.
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Lone Star: Why Texas is doing so much better economically than the rest of the nation.
Once a separate nation, Texas has recently been behaving more like an independent economic republic than a regular state. While it hasn't been immune to the problems plaguing the nation, the Texas housing market, employment rate, and overall economic growth are relatively strong. Chalk some of this up to accidents of geology and geography. But Texan prosperity also reflects the conscious efforts of a once-parochial place to embrace globalization.
Once a separate nation, Texas has recently been behaving more like an independent economic republic than a regular state. While it hasn't been immune to the problems plaguing the nation, the Texas housing market, employment rate, and overall economic growth are relatively strong. Chalk some of this up to accidents of geology and geography. But Texan prosperity also reflects the conscious efforts of a once-parochial place to embrace globalization.
On several measures of economic stress, Texas is doing quite well. The state unemployment rate is 8.2 percent—high, but still one many states would envy. (California's is 12.5 percent; Michigan's is 14.1 percent.) It entered recession later than the rest of the country—Texas was adding jobs through August 2008—and started slowly adding jobs again last fall, thanks mostly to its great position in the largely recession-proof energy industry.
Where there is opportunity for abuse the abusers will be knocking down the doors to get the jobs. It happens in the church, the government... It happened in residential schools, minor hockey... I can't believe anyone would be a proponent of a system that has the potential for abuse of their own children.
The good thing is the idea is too silly to be considered in any normal community/society.
The good thing is the idea is too silly to be considered in any normal community/society.