It is black and white. Hitting someone without their consent is a violation of the nonaggression axiom. It violates the most fundamental right of self-ownership. They're sentient individuals, not their parents' property.
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@cogliostro I'm not talking about "one right way to raise a child," I'm talking about striking others without their consent. Yes, it is wrong for everyone. If someone "cannot be reached or taught" then just accept that peacefully. Your lessons can't possibly be so wonderful that beating them into people can be justified.
Whose nonaggression axiom? Let's not be so foolish and arrogant as to presume that there is only ONE CORRECT way to raise a child, or that the same approach is even going to work on every single person.
Just as there are some adults in the world who understand only the language of violence, so too there are children who cannot be reached and taught to behave without a controlled dose of violence.