This will be my last reply to you and on this thread. Your failure to understand what's shown and explained to you is staggering, not to mention the constant jumping of my own points, only to complain about me doing what you're doing.
Kugo Ginjo said:
Just because the gasoline(sleep issues) are bad, it doesn't mean the bleach(hitting) isn't."
Do you know how idiotic this sounds?
"Doesn't mean bleach(hitting) isn't"
Is drinking bleach suppose to be good? That's like me saying, just because smoking(global warming) is bad, it doesn't mean drugs(addictions) are. This is a failsafe analogy that only has one answer. I'm not looking at this straightforward as you are. Once again, I already acknowledged the negative effects, but to retort that, I responded by saying it doesn't inevitably produce bad effects. I'm proof of that. If you cannot wrap this around your miniscule point of view, then there is nothing more for me to say to you.
Kugo Ginjo said:
No it's not LOL. Are you dumb? You just linked articles that say things about sleeping using the same logical methods, so first you're a hypocrite. It's more like feeding one group of kids a specific amount of corn chips and another no corn chips and controlling the other aspects of their life. Then collecting and analyzing the difference between those that did and those that didn't. And this is spread over thousands of people, so in the average a few special cases can't effect the results. Then, if the corn chip eaters are performing badly in school you have proof they are bad. This is not subjective.
How am I a hypocrite? This is pure fact. Lack of sleep produces negative effects. Your mind functions at a fraction of it's full capacity. I just have articles delving deeper into it.
Here is the quote from the article you provided;
Researchers say physical punishment actually alters the brain -- not only in an "I'm traumatized" kind of way but also in an "I literally have less gray matter in my brain" kind of way.
"Exposing children to HCP (harsh corporal punishment) may have detrimental effects on trajectories of brain development," one 2009 study concluded.
This means anything that triggers the same reactionary effect as getting spanked would also result in loss of grey matter, one of which is crying.
The researchers also found "significant correlations" between the amount of gray matter in these brain regions and the children's performance on an IQ test.
They do not expose these significant correlations. It's subjective evidence, not something you can evaluate yourself. Back to my previous point. How would spanking trigger a different effect than crying or getting hurt resulting in loss of grey matter? They do not explain this.
Researchers found children who were regularly spanked had less gray matter in certain areas of the prefrontal cortex that have been linked to depression, addiction and other mental health disorders, the study authors say.
This is very ambiguous. Does this mean the children who got spanked do not have these other problems? Is it only spanking that causes this? How many children fall under this in the research? THIS IS SUBJECTIVE EVIDENCE.
Kugo Ginjo said:
It does give inevitable negative effects to some degree every time. How well a country is doing has very little to nothing to do with forms of punishment. You keep making that connection and it's just flat stupid.
To some degree every time? How is this measured?
This is how most asians kids are raised on the eastern hemisphere of the planet. Hard work ethic, encouraged by discpline. Do you not want me to mention it because it obstructs your idea, thus making it moot?
Kugo Ginjo said:
I never said it wasn't always accepted LOL? This is your way of skirting my point? Saying "now" was implying that in the future it wouldn't be.
Kugo Ginjo said:
It doesn't matter what I compare it to, the point is that just because it's generally accepted now because of misinformation, bias, and lack of information doesn't mean it's right.
"generally accepted now because of misinformation, bias, and lack of information doesn't mean it's right."
Your comment implies that it's now accepted because of lack of information. It's always been accepted. In the areas in which it currently is not, laws have been passed to obstruct it because it was legal. If you said "it's been accepted because", it wouldn't have been so vague.
Kugo Ginjo said:
Firstly, the success of a nation can't be attributed to how they punish children. So your point is invalid. THAT'S subjective. Show me proof if you can.
You're taking it too literally. Discipline is a supporting backbone in the structure of hard work ethic. How does one reach higher education and a positive surplus? Hard work. How does hard work become a country motto? Through strict regimen. There are documentaries on asian culture, you should take a look.
Kugo Ginjo said:
I wasn't twisting your point, I was making a separate analogy using the same terms. Keep skirting my points with these tangents.
The analogy is piss poor. I explain why above.
Kugo Ginjo said:
I never said you beat it unconscious LOL? I said "beating the grey matter out of it" which is the title of the article I linked to. Thought you'd be smart enough to make that connection, but now I realize you probably never read a line of the article and aren't very bright.
I did read the article the first time. "Harsh punishment" is detailed in it. This is how "gray matter is lost".