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this is a discussion within the Everything Else Community Forum; Originally Posted by saintfan Taking the laptop away, in my opinion, would have been sufficient. A little public humiliation might also have been in order, but he's doing precisely what he is railing at her about. No? He really is ...
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02-15-2012, 06:43 AM | #11 |
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Originally Posted by saintfan
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02-15-2012, 02:35 PM | #12 |
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Originally Posted by saintfan
Hey I can't agree with you more on a few points you made. But everyone is and will be different. He may have never had that talk from his parents about the embarrassment he may have cause them at one point in his life. Remember he said he was on his own at what 15? So he sounds like he may or may not have had a tough time as a kid. So he did what he thought what was best at the time. Now looking back at this he may have wished he did it a little different. So here we all are being judges in favor, and not in favor of what he did at that point. He's not harming her, he's not abusive to her, cause social services and the local police interviewed them.
I liked what he did ( to a degree ). I don't think he should have posted it for all to see. AND even now, days have gone bye and I'm rethinking " Maybe he shouldn't have done it at all". But who am I to judge what he did what he thought and his wife was right. They must have discussed it cause he put one in the laptop for her. Now I'm a single father of two, my 5yr son and my adopted daughter of 12. The biological mother has walked out of their lives. My son doesn't understand, but her daughter sure does. The reason I'm saying this is cause I too have a very hard road with my daughter. The resentment she has toward her has cause many many problems in our new family. I have had to give her the disappointment speech to let her know what is right and wrong. But when that doesn't work what to do then? Do I do what he has done?? I have taken her facebook away, and I did smash her phone. But that was in the garage by myself. I was furious so I smash it. So I can see why he did it. Whether it is right or wrong. Man I feel like I'm talking in circles.. sorry if I am. Lets just hope we as parents make the best decisions for our children and we don't end up on the local news. OR the loony bin |
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02-15-2012, 03:06 PM | #13 |
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Two very good points with which I agree completely. Like I said, I don't know the guy and I don't know his daughter, and I also know that our best efforts as parents often meet a brick wall. All I do is hope and pray that it never comes to shooting up a laptop with my kids. Will it? I don't have any idea. All I can do is everything I know how to do to keep it from ever going that far.
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02-15-2012, 06:30 PM | #14 |
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true that!
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02-15-2012, 11:38 PM | #15 |
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Originally Posted by saintfan
Thats very good. |
02-21-2012, 01:17 PM | #16 |
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So this was the topic of a Radio Show coming out of Sacramento yesterday. The host said The Today Show or some one or other of the Network TV morning shows did a feature on it and 70% (give or take) of the people surveyed (I don't know their sample size) agreed with the father's actions.
They guy said he would take calls after the break. For the first time in the history of me I called in and actually got on the air. I was the third caller on the air, and I listened for 30 minutes after to hear what people were saying. 100% of the callers, with the lone exception being a teenage girl who, given her lack of perspective, made some good points while completely disagreeing with the father...anyway, EVERY caller took pretty much the same opinion as me, which is: "Yes, It's hard to raise kids, and we don't know the father's situation with his daughter, and while we agree with the spirit of what he did, breaking out his pistol and shooting holes in the innocent laptop, AND posting it all online, was probably a bit over the top." One caller said his feelings were, you know, the daughter had it coming, but that using a lethal weapon to make his point was uncalled for - that surely there were alternatives. I think I'm squarely in agreement with this particular caller. The final caller really launched in to the show's host for using the video for his own personal ratings gain. LOL |
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02-21-2012, 01:30 PM | #17 |
Originally Posted by saintfan
Was the host the driver of this vehicle?
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