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Corporal punishment in Japan: gobsmacking results

I’m gobsmacked that a smack in the gob is considered acceptable corporal punishment by about three in five Japanese! This is just one result from a genuinely shocking survey on corporal punishment. Demographics Between the 23rd and 25th of June 2008... ...full story at What Japan Thinks

from What Japan Thinks on Thu, Jul 03 2008

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