It's now indisputable that 88 per cent of New Zealanders don't agree with the so-called anti-smacking law.

I can't recall a time when there's been such a surge of public rejection. And despite the bull emanating from the Greens and Bradford, you can't argue with the referendum result. It's nonsense to suggest the question was confusing – except maybe for those who have ingested as much ‘Green' as some of the party seem to indulge in.
The rest of the clear-thinking, voting public are very sure about the question and their vote.
In a better turnout than at most local government elections, the country has demolished the argument for this law which makes criminals of everyday New Zealand parents who dare to take a strict line; when on occasion it's needed to keep their kids in check.
The law has done nothing to prevent child assault or killings.
Every day in the news there are more children being beaten to the point of irreparable harm, or worse. This law has done nothing to stem the terrible violence that scars our nation. And never will.
It does however, make criminals of those parents who occasionally take measured and decisive physical action to jolt home some essential messages to their offspring; among many other disciplinary options.
It's yet another example of socialist, anti-family unit PC bull shoved down the throats of ordinary New Zealanders and typical of the ‘namby pamby' nonsense that is permeating every pore of NZ society.
Key's government need to ditch it immediately. They've got a landslide mandate from the people, it's time to stop pussy footing around with foolish law and chuck it out. Replace it with compulsory bull-rush in schools.

In memory of...
Kashin the elephant dies in the same year as Michael Jackson.
There are some scary similarities. Both:
Used to hang out with monkeys.
Were dangerous roaming the streets and better locked away.
Were put down by a lethal dose from their doctor.
Had issues with their nose being too big.
Liked entertaining little boys.
Had a habit of playing with their trunks.
One will never forget. The other we'd like to forget.

Pass it on
Finally, a word of caution: This is a chain column. You must pass it on to ten other people or something horrible will happen, such as getting a phone call from a telephone marketer just as your dinner is ready.
There was a woman in a small village in the Peruvian Mountains who didn't show others, and she was kicked to death by her donkey, just as we warned in a recent column.
A newsreader, Lisa, didn't pass it on. All her clothes fell off in front of the camera.
Earlier this year, a woman in Mt Albert failed to circulate the column, and she made silly comments just before a by-election and was widely ridiculed by her potential electors. It probably cost her the election.
Right here in Tauranga, some people read it, but didn't believe the part about passing it on. They had the fluoride taken out of their water supply and all their children's teeth decayed.
A man in Welcome Bay failed to show others and he ended up with mangroves growing in front of his house.
You've been warned.