How to beat the shit out of your kids - with church approval

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25268343

Okay, even if I'm not very good at keeping my cool under fire of stupidity, I do at least try to start my conversations being rational. However, in this case I can only say "What the hell is wrong with these people?"

ETA - Just out of curiosity I checked out Amazon. I try to be consistent in my dislike of censorship but I do sometimes wonder about the wisdom of selling books advocating behaviour that (here in the UK, at least) would put you in jail.

Please see the thread I started on this at http://www.librarything.com/topic/161482, titled "Children Die From Religion Based Book"

Also, see the petition to Amazon at www.change.org/petitions/amazon-refuse-to-carry-books-which-advocate-the-physical-abuse-of-children, which has now passed the 100,000 mark.

There was a huge discussion of this here, if you're interested.

Thanks both of you!

I've been following the blog Love, Joy, Feminism which has a chapter-by-chapter critique of this book (as well as other books by the Pearls)