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Originally Posted by blueash
For those who feel that a mouthy son deserves to be pummeled to preserve discipline in the home, you had better also believe that a wife deserves the same, and of course an employee at work and a server slow with a refill perhaps. NO ONE has any right to expect to be able to strike someone without legal consequences. There are well defined terms for what discipline constitutes normal and when it crosses the line to become abusive. The comment repeatedly made that you cannot physically discipline your child is completely wrong, but there is a line in physical discipline which when crossed becomes abusive. I don't care whether he spent all day doing paperwork that is absolutely no excuse for bruising your wife, your child, nor what I think some on this forum would believe is worse your dog.
Let the system work this out. There will be an evaluation of the incident and the family. That evaluation will, as it should be, kept private unless it needs to be included in any court proceedings. We all have our stresses, we all sometimes feel anger and have our button pushed. Hitting a family member out of anger is always wrong. If you don't share that I feel sorry for those who have to live with the threat of your next "justified" assault. Stop blaming the victim. Women don't ask to be raped because of how they dress and men have hormones that are hard to control. Stop blaming the victim. Teens don't ask to be beaten because of what they say and parents have needs for respect that are hard to control.
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I totally agree with this post, probably the best one of all. This guy in my opinion finally got Caught, his son got hurt thankfully not seriously.
We'll see how this plays out in court, clearly that's where it is going to end up. Next up when he finally has to face the Judge for all you supporters of the Accused ask yourselves this, Will he take the Stand in his own defense or Hide behind some Slick Lawyer out of Orlando.