There is no historical evidence that corporal punishment harmed society. Why is corporal punishment discouraged?
In our culture, the real change in attitude occurred after WWII and, to some degree in response to it. GIs brought many things home from the war. One of those was harsh discipline. In response to their experiences (Great Depression; World War) and all that that entailed, they were also committed to giving their children a better life than they had. Put those things together and you have an environment of extremes which then led those children to grow up way more sensitive than their parents and to be guided by that increased sensitivity when they parented their children. You end up with a cultural paradigm shift away from corporal punishment.I must disagree with your premise that no historical evidence exists. For at least a couple thousand years, young boys in many cultures were trained with corporal punishments resulting in them being well disciplined, tough minded, aggressive and frequently violent. The connection is largely anecdotal, but compellingly consistent.I, for one, can see the usefulness of corporal punishment, at times. It should be used sparingly and with the understanding that it may be effective, but also may teach things (behavior / relationships) that you don’t want to teach. I used to teach parenting skills and consistently told parents that it was okay to swat your child (think of a toddler putting themselves in danger), but only once per incident. Anything more was to satisfy the parent, not train the child. Welts, bruises, scrapes, etc. are not an indication of good parenting, in my view.
What does black money exactly mean?
Black money refers to unaccounted money. Money whose existence isn’t disclosed.Black money doesn’t necessarily come form illegal means(bribes, loots etc). It can come from everyday earning but becomes ‘black’ when the person refuses to declare it to escape tax. For examples shop-owners or even doctors, who do business with hundreds of people everyday and get some 200–300 per transaction. The fee they get is the result of a hard day’s work. However, since it is in cash, there remains no proof of exactly how much money they earned which is exactly what keeps them in control of whether or not they wish to disclose such income in their tax statements. Normal salaried employees do not have a choice since they have their salary slips from employers.This non-disclosure and subsequent tax evasion is a lot more common than we think. Many salaried employees who have other sources of incomes that aren’t strictly monitored(such as renting out houses, vehicles etc) can, and sometimes do, keep these other dealings either secret or undervalued in their statements.Black money is bad for the government and the economy in general. This is because government needs money for developmental purposes and therefore taxes its citizens. So when citizens decide to evade taxation, the government and subsequently the nation as a whole that benefits(and also requires) from the developmental work, loses out because some people decided to be greedy.
If eating beef in Hinduism is considered as a sin then, why do some Hindus eat Beef?
In Hinduism, the cow is revered as the source of food and symbol of life and may never be killed. However, many non-Hindus interpret these beliefs to mean that Hindus worship cows. This is not true. It is more accurate to say the cow is taboo in the Hindu religion, rather than sacred. This is just one example of the misunderstandings people have about the Hindu faith.Furthermore, cows do not have an especially charmed life in India. Sometimes people around the world see images of India in print or on television, or they travel there, and see cows in public places, unfenced and unrestrained. From such scenes, they conclude that Indians consider cows gods, but this is a false idea.In ancient India, oxen and bulls were sacrificed to the gods and their meat was eaten. But even then the slaughter of milk-producing cows was prohibited. Verses of the Rigveda refer to the cow as Devi (goddess).Even when meat-eating was permitted, the ancient Vedic scriptures encouraged vegetarianism. One scripture says, "There is no sin in eating meat... but abstention brings great rewards."Later, in the spiritually fertile period that produced Jainism andBuddhism, Hindus stopped eating beef. This was mostly like for practical reasons as well as spiritual. It was expensive to slaughter an animal for religious rituals or for a guest, and the cow provided an abundance of important products, including milk, browned butter for lamps, and fuel from dried dung.Some scholars believe the tradition came to Hinduism through the influence of strictly vegetarian Jainism. But the cow continued to be especially revered and protected among the animals of India. By the early centuries AD, the cow was designated as the appropriate gift to the brahmans (high-caste priests) and it was soon said that to kill a cow is equal to killing a brahman. The importance of the pastoral element in the Krishna stories, particularly from the 10th century onward, further reinforced the sanctity of the cow.The cow remains a protected animal in Hinduism today and Hindus do not eat beef