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If your goal in life is me getting shoot I would gladly stay and take a bullet.I like Serena said:Are we allowed to shoot you?
EDIT: why would you like to shoot me ?
If your goal in life is me getting shoot I would gladly stay and take a bullet.I like Serena said:Are we allowed to shoot you?
cristycs said:Well it is. A logical person should see it. (might need a bit of imagination to).
EDIT: hint "math" problem.
Char. Limit said:We shouldn't have to, though. This isn't the homework help section. Just tell us what you're trying to say.
JaredJames said:I didn't say anyone said it was illegal.
I was commenting on the complaint of them using a gun how they feel, moral arguments aside, it was perfectly acceptable to do it (RE: all that 'endangerment' nonsense).
phoenix:\\ said:The line about the extras are just extraneous things that parents usually give as gifts so that the child can be happier. It is a form of love and in that same light should earn more respect from the child for the parent. The parent just doesn't give the child things for no particular reason. Gifts are a form of endearment of the child.
They raised her the best way the could but like many other parents, they aren't perfect. The father just decided to teach her a lesson because she disrespected him.
cristo said:Seriously, though, the father's an idiot, teaching his daughter that a gun is a toy and wasting a few hundred dollars of his own money along the way.
thorium1010 said:why most on this thread, not see that the father overreacted a lot more than normally should have.If he wanted to get rid of the laptop, he could have donated it to charity or given it to someone else on the road, if he thinks his daughter does not deserve it.
And this does not solve anything, she can access internet from anywhere not necessarily use a laptop (computers are everywhere remember !).
ArcherofScience said:how much do you want to bet they're texan? How much? Anyone? Just lol on the accent, its texan yep.
I think the father did a splendid thing and better yet put it on the viral internet to embarrass. Here are fathers of today, ones who actually go to the best point to teach they're kids a lesson. :)
Now if they are texan, and they live in my city, it's going to be one hell of a time at my school on Monday.
Just yeehaw, and props to the dad. :)
Char. Limit said:Are you kidding? Seems to me like the vast majority of this thread thinks the father is a terrible person, and should be shot himself. Okay, not quite THAT bad, but seems like everyone in this thread thinks the father is a terrible person.
I like Serena said:Actually I was kind of surprised to see so many strong but differing opinions, so just for fun I made a count.
Losely counting I found 12 people in favor of the dad, 12 people against the actions of the dad, and 9 people that did not gave a clear enough opinion.
That's... fifty-fifty!
That's what I'm saying. Sounds like a little marble displacement in the right frontal lobe.Pythagorean said:Father demonstrated lack of emotional inhibition because his feelings were hurt. He did so with a gun. Bad role model.
Char. Limit said:Are you kidding? Seems to me like the vast majority of this thread thinks the father is a terrible person, and should be shot himself. Okay, not quite THAT bad, but seems like everyone in this thread thinks the father is a terrible person.
chaoseverlasting said:Can you imagine the frustration of a father who's probably tried most of the things so far suggested under the ambit of 'good parenting' but still has to live with and love and try to positively influence his kid?
I have very little experience in trying to get people to do things for themselves (think group assignments), but even I've realized how frustratingly difficult it is to get someone to listen to you about something and then act upon it even when they agree with it or already know it.
In a group of 8, maybe 5 work in good groups... Not for the lack of trying different methods, not because it doesn't hurt them; it does. For some reason, it is very difficult to lead people. The guy is human; he lost patience.
chaoseverlasting said:Can you imagine the frustration of a father who's probably tried most of the things so far suggested under the ambit of 'good parenting' but still has to live with and love and try to positively influence his kid?
Pythagorean said:Father demonstrated lack of emotional inhibition because his feelings were hurt. He did so with a gun. Bad role model.
feathermoon said:Guns kill people (who don't respect them).
Just from watching him trip over words in the video its clear he rehearsed it in his mind, no question of premeditation there.
Jasongreat said:And guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Pythagorean said:You're knitpicking definitions to defend your side of the argument. It demonstrates desperation.
Pre meditated has nothing to do with inhibition; it's still loss of control if an addict takes that hit of crack, even if he's meditated on that hit for weeks.
If he would have yelled at her or just embarassed get publically on YouTube, it still would have been the same reaction from those of us who actually study effective vs ineffective parenting styles. You demonstrate control, you have discussions, you don't give up and shoot things just because it's "not working". It not going to show that it's worked until they've been around a good role model for 20 years. It takes a lot of patience.
Jasongreat said:Youre right he was smoking crack and therefore he was in the wrong? ;) which side is emotional inhibition on?
Why do we discount that she was warned, he did exactly what he said he would do? He seems like an emotional stable person. Did you read the interview, posted earlier? Like I asked, would you feel he was in the wrong for donating the computer to charity? It is still not hers anymore, how about destroying it with a bat? There is no difference, a gone computer is a gone computer, does it really matter how it was taken away? I am sorry I forgot that guns make everything wrong, I am surprised such criticism comes from alaska.
Would you say your effective parenting style precludes whatever he does? I feel each parent should be free to parent in the way they see fit, are you saying that a government should decide? Or a populous should decide on your parenting? Or it is just others' parenting that should be subject to ridicule?
Pythagorean said:The props don't matter. Gun, computer, whatever; youre still using distraction tactics.
It's about conflict resolution. He is not handling the conflict well (or, more importantly, teaching his daughter how to handle conflict well). It's more about tone and action than the medium through which the actions are carried.
I don't mind guns at all; I own a few. I've only ever used them to kill game. Never out of anger, and certainly not to intimidate friends or family.