Three Smacks (plus a lot of bruising), and he's guilty

Why Family First and other groups opposed to anti-smaking are trying to highlight what is essentially (if you'll pardon the pun) a media beatup is beyond me.

This man grabbed his child so forcefully that he caused bruising. That is not discipline, but abuse. And trying to pass it off as a light smacks with an open hand is obviously not true. It was anger, not discipline, that was motivating the father.

Only when someone who gives their child a light tap on the bottom and is convicted will I start to take the protests more seriously.