Let me see if I can identify an undiscussed source of conflict in this thread.
People are protective of their families. I tried to show people that I would respect their choices of how they choose to raise their children, even if I did not agree with their methods. When anyone comes in with any form of a threat to my family, I would fight to the DEATH to protect my family from intrusion or invasion. The thing is, there are some who I offer respect to who would also protect their own families against my intrusion, and I would expect them to be just as fierce in that defense. There is nothing Nihilistic or Anarchist about that. If someone were to try to step into my home and enforce their opinions on me about how to raise my child, I will fight with the MAXIMUM LEVEL OF FORCE that I can muster. I will do everything in my power to end your life if you step one foot into my house without my permission. Then we get this percieved solution of persuading the Govt with all its thuggery to step in and tell me what I can and can not do with my family, simply, because it is away that people can hide their immorality from themselves by having someone else do the dirty work. If one of you forced your way into my house, I would shoot, and I would shoot to kill. If the govt forced their way into my house, I will shoot at them just as fucking quickly. And I would probably die, but not without fighting to protect what is nearest and dearest to me.
I have more than one reason for not forcing my way into your house, and it isnt because you may or may not have a gun. My main reason for doing so is to try to set an example that we can coexist, even if we disagree, without Govt intervention, by respecting each others boundaries. There are limits to my rights. I dont have the Right to tell you (not your kids, but you) how to live your life. My rights are Soverign, which means they only govern myself and my castle (shitty little trailer). I dont believe I have the right to force any action out of someone else, even if their actions are considered criminal. I do not have the right to seek out private justice against anyone, even Murderers. That is what the Law is for, and should be the extent of the law. I dont have the right to kill a murderer, because that makes me just as bad as the murderer and takes justice into my own hands.
By trying to validate the reasons for outlawing spanking (whether enforced or not) is to forcibly come into my home and enforce a different set of beliefs, and I WILL match that with as much force as is necessary. Forcing your way into my home, either by Govt, or you kicking in my front door, to me, is about as far from Liberty as we can possibly get. Demanding the Govt tell someone how to raise their kids is the opposite of freedom. The solution to this is not to have more govt, or more excuses for govt to kick in my front door, the solution is to eliminate the need and want of government by not exceeding your Soverign Rights and trying to come into my home. I'll match that with me not exceeding My Soverign Rights by trying to stick my nose in your business.
