No one is raised being taught that punching your wife in the face is the correct and necessary thing to do in a relationship. Ray Rice knew it was wrong and did it anyways. AP was raised in a switch spanking culture. He was likely told that not only is it ok to do but it is the correct way to raise a child. You are supposed to spank your child with a switch so they learn right and wrong, so they learn respect, so they become better people. I think he was in the wrong, but I am far more willing to give him a chance to change his ways and learn from this than I am Ray Rice.