I always say, overzealous political correctness will kill our civilization before a wayward meteor or a trigger happy dictator.
My brother lives in the states (we are from Malaysia) and I was surprised when he told me that they don't dare to chastise their kids, even a little, in public.
Of course I oppose child abuse, but since when parenting automatically = potential abuse.
Heh, parenting has equaled abuse ever since lots of people started trying to get involved in dictating how other people should raise their children. There are so many different philosophies and ideas that basically right now the only way you can avoid being thought of as abusive by someone is by...well, I don't know. It seems like everyone has someone who can criticize them for something!