[bluesnowmonkey]

> Hitting someone at all is abuse, regardless of their age.

What about boxing, martial arts, football? Not all hitting is abuse.

> Hitting someone is violent by definition.

That's a pretty contextual term too. Chopping wood with an axe is not particularly violent, but smashing furniture during an angry fight is.

[gnaritas]

Ok, excluding being voluntarily hit, hitting someone is abuse. And in all cases it's violent.