Posted on 07/31/2002 3:49:59 PM PDT by davidosborne
Who are my "cultural and political enemies"?
What are you talking about?
And you don't need to lecture me on abuse, as I had an abusive parent, and it was the one "carrying around a Bible", but the other one who kept his distance from the Bible.
Kinda blows your little Bible bashing stereo-type now doesn't it?
She alleged he slapped the kid and caused his nose to bleed. He admited slapping the boy, but not causing his nose to bleed and that he slapped the boy because the boy was hitting on his sister. She also alleged his slapped the daughter and whipped the kids with a belt. She also alleged that the father knocked the boom box across the room because the kid would not turn it down.
I don't like slapping, but I can see this as completely plausible in the above situations. I think knocking the boom box across is childlike, but I have no problem with the father doing it whatsoever. If my boys told me they were not going to turn the boom box down, I think I would take that racket box out in the yard and bust it with a hammer myself. I have no problem with correcting a child with a belt either.
The MOTHER emailed the Father (and both admit to this) and said he was a "GREAT" father. She later must of had a change of mind and reported him (probable cause she wanted the kids).
Father admits he slapped the daughter because she said " I swear on the holy f***ing Bible".
The father did several methods of control, including "timeouts" and requiring the kid sit in the corner with a PAPER BAG on their head and that bag DID NOT restrict air flow.
It goes on and on, and YES, please everyone read it, it is not anything like One_particular_harbor protrays it to be. This was a man fighting to regain the heart and soul of some kids that had picked up very bad habits from their mother. He did the best he could and I applaude his efforts.
...it wasn't the one "carrying around a Bible"
Real men know the Bible and know what it says about such matters. I think the statement "Being raised in a queer household is about as bad (IMO) as being abused sexually or mentally." , is right on the mark 100%. Calling the statement what you did just shows your class, IMHO.
Considering some of the music kids listen to these days, taking a hammer to it sounds civilized.
I have to laugh when I think of the father kicking the boom box across the room.
I have no problem with correcting a child with a belt either.
I tend to disagree with parents beating their kids with belts. Smacking a kid with an open hand is ok but using a belt just seems rather sadistic to me.
We had belts used on us as kids, and rather than teach me respect it caused me to become resentful and hardened and rebellious.
Your post:
Judge Morre should have been with me today. I'm not judging, mind you, just recounting an observation. I was picking up a few thing at the Ft. Belvoir Commissary this morning when something just struck me as odd. Two females. One, an army major in uniform, and the other in civilian clothes. My mind quickly discounted the possibility of sisters, two people from the same office, or just ordinary room mates. I thought at the time, if that's not a domestic partner thing going on, I'll eat my hat. As Seinfeld would say, "Not that there is anything wrong with that."
It should go without saying that, of course, I could have been wrong.
10 posted on 7/31/02 6:17 PM Central by leadpenny
To me it was the opposite. I did not like to be slapped, but the belt was a deterent. The belt could be used to correct in the future. I knew when my mother laid the belt on something (like the kitchen table) that I had better do my chores (and doing the dishes was one of them). It made a tool in the future and often prevented future correction.
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