She might equally well have written: "A stab is a stab is a stab,whoever the perpetrator and whoever the victim. Yet patients throughoutthe UK are being stabbed and hurt under the pretext of 'medical care' bymeans of injections and vaccinations."
But, of course, we all recognise that the language of "stabbing" isquite inappropriate in the context of medical treatment. So, too, is thelanguage of "hitting" in the context of moderate and reasonable parentaldiscipline.
Parents have a unique relationship with their children, bearing uniqueresponsibilities and unique powers, and an occasional disciplinary smackis by no means incompatible with a warm family life where children areloved and cherished. It is ludicrous to suggest that there is nodifference between loving physical correction by a parent and a violentassault perpetrated by a stranger.
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