Adrian Peterson's turn to get the boot from the NFL (1 Viewer)

[Sammy3469]

So it's culturally ok to beat your kid. Got it.

 

[belljr]

As someone said above, this is very likely a cultural issue, that is not quite as black and white as many would like. Education is a more appropriate response than throwing your arms up in abject horror.

Which culture? I got the occasional whooping if I was very bad and it worked imo I am not a black athlete

 

[Max Power]

The best part of twitter right now is people who think their grandma's beatings are on par with a beating from Adrian Peterson.

 

[got_nugs]

(awesome stuff I deleted to save space)

Excellent posting.

 

[jonessed]

Wait, ADP testified before the Grand Jury? That does fall into the he doesn't think he did anything wrong and cultural aspects of the entire argument.

He testified in front of both of them apparently.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

So it's culturally ok to beat your kid. Got it.

Welcome to society. Find your own guide.

 

[Christo]

Wait, ADP testified before the Grand Jury? That does fall into the he doesn't think he did anything wrong and cultural aspects of the entire argument.

He testified in front of both of them apparently.

I'm curious what allowed the prosecution to represent.

 

[Sinn Fein]

So it's culturally ok to beat your kid. Got it.

yes, for some people, they grew up in a culture where this form of punishment is acceptable. The answer is not to throw your hands up in faux outrage, nor is it to turn you back on little Peterson, and others like him. people like Adrian Peterson need to be educated on how to discipline children effectively. What seems normal and appropriate to you, does not register with Peterson. Not because he is a bad guy, he does not know better. he should have to deal with the consequences of this, which should include some basic parenting courses, not time in jail, or missed time from work. (I don't have Peterson on my team)

 

[NCCommish]

He's done. At least a year. In this environment.... As long as Rice is out ADP is out.

The slope the NFL is sliding down is going to get out of control. Wait until the next DUI arrest. If there is no suspension some MADD activist looking for a headline is going to start screaming.

Did you see the pictures? The mom claims some of those wounds were still bleeding when she got the kid. The pics I've seen also don't show the bruising that the doctor noted on his report. He deserves whatever punishment he gets. This isn't a DUI or speeding he beat that kid and pretty good.

 

[comfortably numb]

So it's culturally ok to beat your kid. Got it.

yes, for some people, they grew up in a culture where this form of punishment is acceptable. The answer is not to throw your hands up in faux outrage, nor is it to turn you back on little Peterson, and others like him. people like Adrian Peterson need to be educated on how to discipline children effectively. What seems normal and appropriate to you, does not register with Peterson. Not because he is a bad guy, he does not know better. he should have to deal with the consequences of this, which should include some basic parenting courses, not time in jail, or missed time from work. (I don't have Peterson on my team)

Do you feel the same about Rice (and countless other players involved with domestic abuse) if the culture they grew up in included violence towards women?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

So if Peterson "disciplined" a random person with a stick, what kind of jail time would he be looking at? What about his wife? Parents?

 

[sublimeone]

So it's culturally ok to beat your kid. Got it.

yes, for some people, they grew up in a culture where this form of punishment is acceptable. The answer is not to throw your hands up in faux outrage, nor is it to turn you back on little Peterson, and others like him. people like Adrian Peterson need to be educated on how to discipline children effectively. What seems normal and appropriate to you, does not register with Peterson. Not because he is a bad guy, he does not know better. he should have to deal with the consequences of this, which should include some basic parenting courses, not time in jail, or missed time from work. (I don't have Peterson on my team)

It's unfortunate how the media turns these issues into a complete circus but there is a benefit. I think their are a lot of guys who put a whoopin on their woman or kid and have no ides how socially unacceptable their behavior is. Because they probably grew up in an environment/culture that condones this type of violence, only a collective outrage like this could awaken them to the idea that they are outside of acceptable behavior.

 

[NCCommish]

So it's culturally ok to beat your kid. Got it.

yes, for some people, they grew up in a culture where this form of punishment is acceptable. The answer is not to throw your hands up in faux outrage, nor is it to turn you back on little Peterson, and others like him. people like Adrian Peterson need to be educated on how to discipline children effectively. What seems normal and appropriate to you, does not register with Peterson. Not because he is a bad guy, he does not know better. he should have to deal with the consequences of this, which should include some basic parenting courses, not time in jail, or missed time from work. (I don't have Peterson on my team)

Are you kidding me? I don't give a flying rats ### what culture he grew up in. He should be in jail. That's what we do with people who do that to children. If this was just some guy he would already be in jail.

 

[dschuler]

So it's culturally ok to beat your kid. Got it.

yes, for some people, they grew up in a culture where this form of punishment is acceptable. The answer is not to throw your hands up in faux outrage, nor is it to turn you back on little Peterson, and others like him. people like Adrian Peterson need to be educated on how to discipline children effectively. What seems normal and appropriate to you, does not register with Peterson. Not because he is a bad guy, he does not know better. he should have to deal with the consequences of this, which should include some basic parenting courses, not time in jail, or missed time from work. (I don't have Peterson on my team)

It's unfortunate how the media turns these issues into a complete circus but there is a benefit. I think their are a lot of guys who put a whoopin on their woman or kid and have no ides how socially unacceptable their behavior is. Because they probably grew up in an environment/culture that condones this type of violence, only a collective outrage like this could awaken them to the idea that they are outside of acceptable behavior.

 

[Popinski]

So if Peterson "disciplined" a random person with a stick, what kind of jail time would he be looking at?

More than he should be looking at if he did the same to his own 4 year old defenseless son. Because of cultural exemptions.

 

[Gopher State]

Asiata or McKinnon who is the better pick up

 

[squistion]

Some on the right are trying to put this child abuse in a proper perspective, but are failing miserably:

Melvin Delgado ‏@TheEsquireof212 7m

"So let me get this straight. Liberals are condemning #AdrianPeterson for switching his son, but OK with killing him in the womb? #Liberals"

 

[BustedKnuckles]

He's done. At least a year. In this environment.... As long as Rice is out ADP is out.

The slope the NFL is sliding down is going to get out of control. Wait until the next DUI arrest. If there is no suspension some MADD activist looking for a headline is going to start screaming.

Did you see the pictures? The mom claims some of those wounds were still bleeding when she got the kid. The pics I've seen also don't show the bruising that the doctor noted on his report. He deserves whatever punishment he gets. This isn't a DUI or speeding he beat that kid and pretty good.

and to think he lost a kid to a beating from another guy...this is crazy...after that you would think he would never hit a kid

 

[General Malaise]

Hope he dies in prison by rape. Beat a 4 year old boy on his scrotum. Wow. Die you piece of ####.

 

[TableTopJosh]

I have AP and ive changed my name to Snitches Get Switches. What do you think?

 

[dparker713]

So if Peterson "disciplined" a random person with a stick, what kind of jail time would he be looking at? What about his wife? Parents?

Well that's idiotic.

 

[dparker713]

So it's culturally ok to beat your kid. Got it.

yes, for some people, they grew up in a culture where this form of punishment is acceptable. The answer is not to throw your hands up in faux outrage, nor is it to turn you back on little Peterson, and others like him. people like Adrian Peterson need to be educated on how to discipline children effectively. What seems normal and appropriate to you, does not register with Peterson. Not because he is a bad guy, he does not know better. he should have to deal with the consequences of this, which should include some basic parenting courses, not time in jail, or missed time from work. (I don't have Peterson on my team)

Are you kidding me? I don't give a flying rats ### what culture he grew up in. He should be in jail. That's what we do with people who do that to children. If this was just some guy he would already be in jail.

Not everywhere it isn't.

 

[Annyong]

He's done. At least a year. In this environment.... As long as Rice is out ADP is out.

The slope the NFL is sliding down is going to get out of control. Wait until the next DUI arrest. If there is no suspension some MADD activist looking for a headline is going to start screaming.

Did you see the pictures? The mom claims some of those wounds were still bleeding when she got the kid. The pics I've seen also don't show the bruising that the doctor noted on his report. He deserves whatever punishment he gets. This isn't a DUI or speeding he beat that kid and pretty good.

and to think he lost a kid to a beating from another guy...this is crazy...after that you would think he would never hit a kid

Right

 

[jonessed]

Hope he dies in prison by rape. Beat a 4 year old boy on his scrotum. Wow. Die you piece of ####.

 

[Aerial Assault]

He's done. At least a year. In this environment.... As long as Rice is out ADP is out.

The slope the NFL is sliding down is going to get out of control. Wait until the next DUI arrest. If there is no suspension some MADD activist looking for a headline is going to start screaming.

As Peterson has stated, this is the kind of discipline he received when he was younger. That isn't in the 50s. That's in the 90s. The pictures look horrible, but I seriously doubt there is nearly as much concensus on this as there is on the Rice case. This is an issue the NFL shouldn't want to get anywhere near in any capacity.

The genie is out of the bottle.

The Rice situation is a joke. PTI for a third degree offense is part of the NJ legal system. IT was a perfectly acceptable sentence given the circumstances including an uncooperative witness.

Yeah, this is completely wrong.

Source: NJ-admitted lawyer.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Asiata or McKinnon who is the better pick up

Robert Smith

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

Texas

[Texas Statutes]

Abuse does not include reasonable discipline by a parent/guardian/managing or possessory conservator if child not exposed to substantial risk of harm. Family Code § 261.001. [Civil Code] Parent/stepparent/person standing in loco parentis to child is justified to use non-deadly force against a child under 18 when and to degree the actor reasonably believes necessary to discipline, or safeguard or promote child's welfare. Penal § 9.61. [Criminal Code]

 

[Al O'Pecia]

Fill me in, does Peterson actually spend time with this child and the child's mother? (After last year's story with Peterson, you never know.) Because if I was the mother I would have a more difficult time accepting this sort of punishment from some guy who was barely involved with my kid's life than from a guy who was a significant part of the kid's life and thus my have showed he cares more about the child than some guy who floats in-and-out.

 

[flapgreen]

Time to pile on ADP

 

[shader]

This is going to launch a very interesting discussion about corporal punishment in America.

In looking at the pictures posted over at TMZ, those pictures suggest to me that Peterson went overboard on the punishment. It appears to me that he went too far. However, I am not necessarily of the opinion that what he did means he is an abusive father who should become a social pariah, lose his job, etc. I would need more information and facts.

I am really struggling with how our society is shifting so much into this social media realm where every jackass with a Twitter account or internet access can pop off and suggest that everything is black and white and act as if they are so above and beyond reproach for any of their conduct. We have this tendency at the moment to make momentous judgments and statements about incidents where we lack much of the context surrounding the events at hand.

I have two boys with a considerable age gap. With my first and when he was young and I was young, I look back and remember times when I spanked my boy too hard and got carried away. I know that being a young father that I was sometimes too quick to resort to spanking or a belt. With my younger son and now that I am older, I will still spank but with much less frequency. I believe there is a time and place for corporal punishment, but also believe that most of the time there are more constructive ways to handle the situation.

I know that when I was a kid, there were a lot of us that were punished similarly to how Peterson punished his son, or worse. I had a black friend who was the youngest of like 8 kids. He was one of those kids who just sometimes refused to obey his parents. He knew there were consequences and did it anyway. I know that he would get beat with electrical cords from the iron, broom handles, paddles, etc. There were times I got beat with the belt and many times that out of fear of the pain I tried to block the belt/strap with my hands only to end up getting marked up on my lower thighs, my sides, my hands, upper back, etc.

I am not saying that those punishments are healthy. But, I also have trouble faulting someone who grew up and was exposed to that environment incorporating that into how they handle the punishment of their kids.

There may be additional information that comes out so I reserve the right to change my mind. But, it just seems to me that we as a society need to find a way to balance consequences with education and rehabilitation. We need to find ways to help each other grow and become a stronger society and spend less time trying to demonize and tear people down.

I am getting sick of living in a world where every time someone does or says something we disagree with, we want to throw them into the abyss almost as if through some sort of bullying by national collective so that we can individually feel enlightened or better about ourselves.

Do we really want to live in a world where a private sports league is now required through political pressure to exact harsher punishments than our own justice system on people? Does Ray Rice really need to be banned from playing football for life because he behaved terribly one night in an elevator? I find it disgusting that he isn't in jail, but he is just a freaking football player. Do we really want to live in a world where a guy who was "taught" how to raise a child with a heavy hand or switch is demonized and turned into some monster instead of using it as a constructive exercise and a teaching moment for all of us? Do we really want to live in a world where someone who is raised by his family and church to believe that marriage is between a man and woman can be blackballed and kicked out of their CEO job?

Take the Michael Vick situation. I recently got into a debate with someone who lamented his continued playing in the NFL and bemoaned the negative influence he supposedly has on kids. I have never liked Vick, thought he was overrated as a player and didn't think too highly of him as a person. He made an egregious mistake. However, I genuinely believe that he has worked his butt off to learn from his mistakes, become a much better person and simply set a wonderful example of redemption and forgiveness. Yeah, some people will never get over what he did. I get it. But, I would much rather live in a world where I make a mistake, pay the consequences and still have an opportunity to redeem myself and truly get a second chance. Am I off base here?

Sorry for the stream of conscious semi-rant, but where is this all going?

Nice post. Just maybe AP can learn from this, and break the cycle of abuse. And maybe because of this, some men will think about it before they hit their kids so hard that they put lacerations on their legs that last weeks.

Peterson can learn his lesson, become a better man and help people become better fathers.

Or we can just boot the loser out of the league and wait for the next guy to screw up.

 

[Fennis]

Time to pile on ADP

Smear the Que.... Child Abuser!

 

[Steve Tasker]

He's done. At least a year. In this environment.... As long as Rice is out ADP is out.

The slope the NFL is sliding down is going to get out of control. Wait until the next DUI arrest. If there is no suspension some MADD activist looking for a headline is going to start screaming.

As Peterson has stated, this is the kind of discipline he received when he was younger. That isn't in the 50s. That's in the 90s. The pictures look horrible, but I seriously doubt there is nearly as much concensus on this as there is on the Rice case. This is an issue the NFL shouldn't want to get anywhere near in any capacity.

The genie is out of the bottle.

The Rice situation is a joke. PTI for a third degree offense is part of the NJ legal system. IT was a perfectly acceptable sentence given the circumstances including an uncooperative witness.

Yeah, this is completely wrong.

Source: NJ-admitted lawyer.

NJ-admitted lawyer battle

 

[trogg78]

This is going to launch a very interesting discussion about corporal punishment in America.

In looking at the pictures posted over at TMZ, those pictures suggest to me that Peterson went overboard on the punishment. It appears to me that he went too far. However, I am not necessarily of the opinion that what he did means he is an abusive father who should become a social pariah, lose his job, etc. I would need more information and facts.

I am really struggling with how our society is shifting so much into this social media realm where every jackass with a Twitter account or internet access can pop off and suggest that everything is black and white and act as if they are so above and beyond reproach for any of their conduct. We have this tendency at the moment to make momentous judgments and statements about incidents where we lack much of the context surrounding the events at hand.

I have two boys with a considerable age gap. With my first and when he was young and I was young, I look back and remember times when I spanked my boy too hard and got carried away. I know that being a young father that I was sometimes too quick to resort to spanking or a belt. With my younger son and now that I am older, I will still spank but with much less frequency. I believe there is a time and place for corporal punishment, but also believe that most of the time there are more constructive ways to handle the situation.

I know that when I was a kid, there were a lot of us that were punished similarly to how Peterson punished his son, or worse. I had a black friend who was the youngest of like 8 kids. He was one of those kids who just sometimes refused to obey his parents. He knew there were consequences and did it anyway. I know that he would get beat with electrical cords from the iron, broom handles, paddles, etc. There were times I got beat with the belt and many times that out of fear of the pain I tried to block the belt/strap with my hands only to end up getting marked up on my lower thighs, my sides, my hands, upper back, etc.

I am not saying that those punishments are healthy. But, I also have trouble faulting someone who grew up and was exposed to that environment incorporating that into how they handle the punishment of their kids.

There may be additional information that comes out so I reserve the right to change my mind. But, it just seems to me that we as a society need to find a way to balance consequences with education and rehabilitation. We need to find ways to help each other grow and become a stronger society and spend less time trying to demonize and tear people down.

I am getting sick of living in a world where every time someone does or says something we disagree with, we want to throw them into the abyss almost as if through some sort of bullying by national collective so that we can individually feel enlightened or better about ourselves.

Do we really want to live in a world where a private sports league is now required through political pressure to exact harsher punishments than our own justice system on people? Does Ray Rice really need to be banned from playing football for life because he behaved terribly one night in an elevator? I find it disgusting that he isn't in jail, but he is just a freaking football player. Do we really want to live in a world where a guy who was "taught" how to raise a child with a heavy hand or switch is demonized and turned into some monster instead of using it as a constructive exercise and a teaching moment for all of us? Do we really want to live in a world where someone who is raised by his family and church to believe that marriage is between a man and woman can be blackballed and kicked out of their CEO job?

Take the Michael Vick situation. I recently got into a debate with someone who lamented his continued playing in the NFL and bemoaned the negative influence he supposedly has on kids. I have never liked Vick, thought he was overrated as a player and didn't think too highly of him as a person. He made an egregious mistake. However, I genuinely believe that he has worked his butt off to learn from his mistakes, become a much better person and simply set a wonderful example of redemption and forgiveness. Yeah, some people will never get over what he did. I get it. But, I would much rather live in a world where I make a mistake, pay the consequences and still have an opportunity to redeem myself and truly get a second chance. Am I off base here?

Sorry for the stream of conscious semi-rant, but where is this all going?

Nice post. Just maybe AP can learn from this, and break the cycle of abuse. And maybe because of this, some men will think about it before they hit their kids so hard that they put lacerations on their legs that last weeks.Peterson can learn his lesson, become a better man and help people become better fathers.

Or we can just boot the loser out of the league and wait for the next guy to screw up.

He has to prove it first.

 

[Max Power]

I weep for America when I see what some people are writing on Twitter.

It was entertaining for a minute, but now it's crushed my soul.

 

[dparker713]

He's done. At least a year. In this environment.... As long as Rice is out ADP is out.

The slope the NFL is sliding down is going to get out of control. Wait until the next DUI arrest. If there is no suspension some MADD activist looking for a headline is going to start screaming.

As Peterson has stated, this is the kind of discipline he received when he was younger. That isn't in the 50s. That's in the 90s. The pictures look horrible, but I seriously doubt there is nearly as much concensus on this as there is on the Rice case. This is an issue the NFL shouldn't want to get anywhere near in any capacity.

The genie is out of the bottle.

The Rice situation is a joke. PTI for a third degree offense is part of the NJ legal system. IT was a perfectly acceptable sentence given the circumstances including an uncooperative witness.

Yeah, this is completely wrong.

Source: NJ-admitted lawyer.

Practicing trumps admitted...

 

[flapgreen]

As someone said above, this is very likely a cultural issue, that is not quite as black and white as many would like. Education is a more appropriate response than throwing your arms up in abject horror.

But it makes people feel better to look at it that way.

 

[flapgreen]

This is going to launch a very interesting discussion about corporal punishment in America.

In looking at the pictures posted over at TMZ, those pictures suggest to me that Peterson went overboard on the punishment. It appears to me that he went too far. However, I am not necessarily of the opinion that what he did means he is an abusive father who should become a social pariah, lose his job, etc. I would need more information and facts.

I am really struggling with how our society is shifting so much into this social media realm where every jackass with a Twitter account or internet access can pop off and suggest that everything is black and white and act as if they are so above and beyond reproach for any of their conduct. We have this tendency at the moment to make momentous judgments and statements about incidents where we lack much of the context surrounding the events at hand.

I have two boys with a considerable age gap. With my first and when he was young and I was young, I look back and remember times when I spanked my boy too hard and got carried away. I know that being a young father that I was sometimes too quick to resort to spanking or a belt. With my younger son and now that I am older, I will still spank but with much less frequency. I believe there is a time and place for corporal punishment, but also believe that most of the time there are more constructive ways to handle the situation.

I know that when I was a kid, there were a lot of us that were punished similarly to how Peterson punished his son, or worse. I had a black friend who was the youngest of like 8 kids. He was one of those kids who just sometimes refused to obey his parents. He knew there were consequences and did it anyway. I know that he would get beat with electrical cords from the iron, broom handles, paddles, etc. There were times I got beat with the belt and many times that out of fear of the pain I tried to block the belt/strap with my hands only to end up getting marked up on my lower thighs, my sides, my hands, upper back, etc.

I am not saying that those punishments are healthy. But, I also have trouble faulting someone who grew up and was exposed to that environment incorporating that into how they handle the punishment of their kids.

There may be additional information that comes out so I reserve the right to change my mind. But, it just seems to me that we as a society need to find a way to balance consequences with education and rehabilitation. We need to find ways to help each other grow and become a stronger society and spend less time trying to demonize and tear people down.

I am getting sick of living in a world where every time someone does or says something we disagree with, we want to throw them into the abyss almost as if through some sort of bullying by national collective so that we can individually feel enlightened or better about ourselves.

Do we really want to live in a world where a private sports league is now required through political pressure to exact harsher punishments than our own justice system on people? Does Ray Rice really need to be banned from playing football for life because he behaved terribly one night in an elevator? I find it disgusting that he isn't in jail, but he is just a freaking football player. Do we really want to live in a world where a guy who was "taught" how to raise a child with a heavy hand or switch is demonized and turned into some monster instead of using it as a constructive exercise and a teaching moment for all of us? Do we really want to live in a world where someone who is raised by his family and church to believe that marriage is between a man and woman can be blackballed and kicked out of their CEO job?

Take the Michael Vick situation. I recently got into a debate with someone who lamented his continued playing in the NFL and bemoaned the negative influence he supposedly has on kids. I have never liked Vick, thought he was overrated as a player and didn't think too highly of him as a person. He made an egregious mistake. However, I genuinely believe that he has worked his butt off to learn from his mistakes, become a much better person and simply set a wonderful example of redemption and forgiveness. Yeah, some people will never get over what he did. I get it. But, I would much rather live in a world where I make a mistake, pay the consequences and still have an opportunity to redeem myself and truly get a second chance. Am I off base here?

Sorry for the stream of conscious semi-rant, but where is this all going?

Nice post. Just maybe AP can learn from this, and break the cycle of abuse. And maybe because of this, some men will think about it before they hit their kids so hard that they put lacerations on their legs that last weeks.Peterson can learn his lesson, become a better man and help people become better fathers.

Or we can just boot the loser out of the league and wait for the next guy to screw up.

He has to prove it first.

To who?

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

I weep for America when I see what some people are writing on Twitter.

It was entertaining for a minute, but now it's crushed my soul.

This.

 

[The Duff Man]

As someone said above, this is very likely a cultural issue, that is not quite as black and white as many would like. Education is a more appropriate response than throwing your arms up in abject horror.

But it makes people feel better to look at it that way.

Wouldnt an appropriate form of punishment be for AP to be held down and lashed, including across his scrotum. Because apparently some believe that is an effective way of helping someone with the mentality of a child learn a lesson.

Additional side effect, maybe that would prevent him fathering more children to beat.

 

[jon_mx]

Can't we just go back to the 60's where Presidents can sleep with other women and Professional athletes can abuse them and it all gets brushed under the rug?

 

[Yankee23Fan]

He's done. At least a year. In this environment.... As long as Rice is out ADP is out.

The slope the NFL is sliding down is going to get out of control. Wait until the next DUI arrest. If there is no suspension some MADD activist looking for a headline is going to start screaming.

As Peterson has stated, this is the kind of discipline he received when he was younger. That isn't in the 50s. That's in the 90s. The pictures look horrible, but I seriously doubt there is nearly as much concensus on this as there is on the Rice case. This is an issue the NFL shouldn't want to get anywhere near in any capacity.

The genie is out of the bottle.

The Rice situation is a joke. PTI for a third degree offense is part of the NJ legal system. IT was a perfectly acceptable sentence given the circumstances including an uncooperative witness.

Yeah, this is completely wrong.

Source: NJ-admitted lawyer.

Practicing trumps admitted...

Nah... its not worth it. The stats that were posted are correct but misleading and void of context. Beyond that you can get PTI for a 2nd degree crime. You need special reasons, but it can be done. But we all have different experiences in different areas of the state. If this stuff was easy DV law would be easier to deal with. It's not. It's one of the messiest dockets we have.

 

[Raider Nation]

The SP thread on this is unbearable. Incidentally, Tim is prominent in that one.

 

[Mister CIA]

The child was 4 years old and was violently struck 14 or 15 times. 14 or 15 strikes! ... 4 years old

Not discipline.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

The child was 4 years old and was violently struck 14 or 15 times. 14 or 15 strikes! ... 4 years old

Not discipline.

does a 4 yo even understand what he did wrong?

 

[snellman]

The best part of twitter right now is people who think their grandma's beatings are on par with a beating from Adrian Peterson.

Obviously your grandma never got you with a belt or a yardstick. Didn't happen very often because we knew if we were "very naughty" at Grandma's, we would get it twice. Once from Grandma and again when we got home from our parents.

 

[Doug B]

Texas



[Texas Statutes]

Abuse does not include reasonable discipline by a parent/guardian/managing or possessory conservator if child not exposed to substantial risk of harm. Family Code § 261.001. [Civil Code] Parent/stepparent/person standing in loco parentis to child is justified to use non-deadly force against a child under 18 when and to degree the actor reasonably believes necessary to discipline, or safeguard or promote child's welfare. Penal § 9.61. [Criminal Code]

What am I reading here? It's legal to waterboard your own kids in Texas? The one and only standard is lethality?

 

[Mister CIA]

Can't wait for Rick Perry to weigh in.

 

[bigbottom]

The best part of twitter right now is people who think their grandma's beatings are on par with a beating from Adrian Peterson.

Obviously your grandma never got you with a belt or a yardstick. Didn't happen very often because we knew if we were "very naughty" at Grandma's, we would get it twice. Once from Grandma and again when we got home from our parents.

All over your body? Your scrotum? Until you bled?

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

As someone said above, this is very likely a cultural issue, that is not quite as black and white as many would like. Education is a more appropriate response than throwing your arms up in abject horror.

But it makes people feel better to look at it that way.

Wouldnt an appropriate form of punishment be for AP to be held down and lashed, including across his scrotum. Because apparently some believe that is an effective way of helping someone with the mentality of a child learn a lesson.Additional side effect, maybe that would prevent him fathering more children to beat.

To recreate the size difference, you'd have to find someone about 18 feet tall, 1500 pounds, and made of bricks.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

The best part of twitter right now is people who think their grandma's beatings are on par with a beating from Adrian Peterson.

Obviously your grandma never got you with a belt or a yardstick. Didn't happen very often because we knew if we were "very naughty" at Grandma's, we would get it twice. Once from Grandma and again when we got home from our parents.

All over your body? Your scrotum? Until you bled?

When you were four years old?