We've all been there. Some baby is hopped up on goofballs and sucking Mountain Dew from a bottle. And he is running around the grocery store like a Hell's Angel at Altamont while his pilled-out mom manages to whisper a couple times, "Jaaaden ... um ... honey? Where am I?" And we have wanted to it-takes-a-village that child by being stern and setting boundaries and speaking in a kind but clear and no-nonsense voice that will get the child to stop and listen and stop its mayhemming all over the place. Perhaps you have even done this! (We have. We are the strange-child-in-a-grocery-story-or-airplane-whisperer.) Or maybe you just grabbed the kid, took your belt off, and hit him "dozens of times" with it. It's all good, right? Well, yes,
Personally, I wouldn’t have beaten the kid. I would have taken him in back and showed the kid how sausage is made then give him a nice cup of coffee before returning to his mother.
A big part of the reason corporal punishment was ended in British schools was a study finding roughly half of male teachers who administered it became sexually aroused while doing so.
Fun fact: under Georgia law, apparently "she called me a name" is an officially recognized defense for assault. So, had the kid beat her, he coulda gotten away with it...
Previously, I never had plans to go anywhere near Georgia. Now, I have plans never to go anywhere near Georgia.
So I've always found the argument that assault laws should not apply when a parent beats their own child to be incredibly weak. I've never before seen someone attempt to claim that they should not apply when someone beats someone else's child. Congratulations, Erick son of Erick, you've managed to find new depths to plumb in an era where there are so few left.
Or, Gawd forgive me, working there.
HA! i didn't know you were from GA. so is mr. fuflans.
if we ever have a chi wonkette meet up...
According to libterds, rape is okay if a muslim does it. They don't know any better.
Personally, I wouldn’t have beaten the kid. I would have taken him in back and showed the kid how sausage is made then give him a nice cup of coffee before returning to his mother.
Or was it "dinge?"
Apparently Erick, son of Erick, thinks "Red State" is the proper condition of a child's hiney.
A big part of the reason corporal punishment was ended in British schools was a study finding roughly half of male teachers who administered it became sexually aroused while doing so.
Obama wants everyone wearing Sansabelts.
A bad kid with a COOKIE.
Fun fact: under Georgia law, apparently "she called me a name" is an officially recognized defense for assault. So, had the kid beat her, he coulda gotten away with it...
Previously, I never had plans to go anywhere near Georgia. Now, I have plans never to go anywhere near Georgia.
LaPierre: The only way to stop a bad kid with a belt is with a good adult with a belt.
So I've always found the argument that assault laws should not apply when a parent beats their own child to be incredibly weak. I've never before seen someone attempt to claim that they should not apply when someone beats someone else's child. Congratulations, Erick son of Erick, you've managed to find new depths to plumb in an era where there are so few left.
Well, he is a child, so, apparently yeah.
Hitting someone dozens of times with an improvised weapon sounds more like battery than simple assault to me.