When it comes to "it didn't turn me into a raging bull", I don't think the spanking helped you be a peaceful person, I think that you became a peaceful person despite being spanked. The love parents have for their kids can dominate a lot of the negatives that spanking brings and there certainly appears to be a correlation between intensity and frequency of corporal punishment and anti-social behavior

I think you could be very correct on that idea. We will never know for sure, because I can't live 2 parallel lives and compare (at least not that we know of at this point). It does make sense though and logic would support that theory. Thanks for the great article!