-
Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:- Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
- Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
- Access to private conversations with other members.
We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!
Video: Texas judge allegedly beating 16 YO daughter
- Thread starter Skwim
- Start date
That's usually how common sense works.
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
Wait, was this directed at me? I'm sorry. I'm not the one who thinks it's OK to beat a child. If you're OK with child abuse, great. I just hope you aren't in a position to make any legal decisions.
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
So, just to be clear, you're saying anything short of brass knuckles is not child abuse? OK, now I'm starting to think you're just a troll.
Songbird
She rules her life like a bird in flight
What's your definition of child abuse?
That's not what I said at all, and noting I've said even remotely hinted at it either.... but you keep reaching for them stars, sport.
Draka
Wonder Woman
If the female in question was actually the man's wife would it have been viewed as a husband "disciplining" his wife? Or would it have been viewed as domestic abuse? Standing over anyone while whipping a leather belt across them back and forth while ranting about how "disobedient" they are and that they need beaten into "submission" is abusive...and psychotic to boot.
Oh, and for the record, any intentional physical strike which leaves pronounced welts and/or markings and/or leaves bruises is classified as abuse/assault in this country. If it would be an assault which would land your butt in jail if done to a complete stranger in the street, it is most definitely considered abuse within the home. As a judge, you'd think the man would know that. He wouldn't have gotten away with doing that to a random person he didn't even know, so why should it be felt that he should be able to do it to his own daughter?
Oh, and for the record, any intentional physical strike which leaves pronounced welts and/or markings and/or leaves bruises is classified as abuse/assault in this country. If it would be an assault which would land your butt in jail if done to a complete stranger in the street, it is most definitely considered abuse within the home. As a judge, you'd think the man would know that. He wouldn't have gotten away with doing that to a random person he didn't even know, so why should it be felt that he should be able to do it to his own daughter?
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
As I said, it's sad that there are still people around with this view. At least I can hold out hope that this ridiculous view will be gone in the coming decades.
Let's go back over this:
You were asked "Did he need brass knuckles for it to be considered abuse?", to which you responded "That's usually how common sense works". You may not have meant "yes", but that's what your response indicated. If you didn't mean to give the impression that he would need brass knuckles to make it child abuse, then you should really change your response.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Whatever anyone may think about the appropriateness or effectiveness of physical punishment, particularly in the case of someone who is 16 years old, it's clear that this had nothing to do with discipline or even punishment, but rather a twisted man with anger issues taking out his crap on his daughter, and enjoying the act of exerting control over her through pain and humiliation.
Walkntune
Well-Known Member
I have been beaten by my parents.I watched my sister beaten across the face with a fishing rod because the eye was broken..I saw my mothers face busted up as my dad smashed a frozen chicken through the car window as soon as she came home because hs didn't want chicken for dinner.(actually because he was out of alchohol and already had drunk his aftershave).These were all very common occurences in my childhood.When My dad died when I was eight it was the sadest and happiest day of my life.
Sure this is very mild but it was still disturbing not because of the physical abuse but because it was more llike emotional rape.I guess she is lucky she didn't have to wash the blood out of her own sheets and off the wall.It was still hard to watch and brought back bad emotions.
This man is no where near as sick as my dad was but i hope that he actually gets help to deal with his issues as he is not that far gone and seems like mostly anger and control issues.
Oh my God. I made a mistake watching the beginning of this video. It is very disturbing. DON'T WATCH IT!!!
ohhcuppycakee
Active Member
Beating your 16 year old for downloading stuff...? Just rdiculous. The guy seems absolutely nuts.
Skwim
Veteran Member
You're being trolled.
Skwim
Veteran Member
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Are you serious?
Alceste
Vagabond
Yes, you are missing the fact that this is mentally unhinged, damaging, psychotic behavior and qualifies as child abuse. Try this: Walk up to somebody in your office, start shouting a stream of obscenities at them and hit them repeatedly with your belt and see what happens.
You're doing that thing abused people often do: "Meh - my dad treated me like that and I feel pretty much OK most of the time, so it's probably OK". It isn't OK. How can you know how you would feel if you weren't beaten as a child? Leave it to the psychologists to determine what is or isn't good parenting, please.
Alceste
Vagabond
Or discipline children.
Alceste
Vagabond
I didn't watch it. The photos and the description were more than enough to convey everything I need to know about what was happening there. The man is sick.