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As with anything there is no simple answer, other than that prohibiting corporal punishment is not the sensible route when it is the only comprehensively effective method of raising young humans so that they, eventually, become reasoning and functional members of our society.
This, my friend, is a statement that I would love for you to defend.
The informed, scientific, and rational view from every pediatrician, therapist, and psychologist I've ever interacted with has had a neutral-negative to negative view of spanking. Here is an entire website dedicated to the subject.
Here is just one of the thousands of options for parent education on child rearing that does not include striking our even shouting at a child.
The argument that you wouldn't do such a thing to an adult doesn't hold water but I shall not even attempt to show why it is wrong as it is far to early in the morning for me and I am not likely to express myself well.
The crux of this argument rests on the premise of extending human rights to children. In order to inflict coercive beatings, we must accept that children are less then human and deny them basic rights over their own bodies. Our society draws arbitrary lines where this is concerned. I would like to recommend the following resource in this discussion.