Adrian Peterson spanks his kid, goes to jail

[jamil]

Adrian Peterson of Minnesota Vikings indicted in child case - ESPN

I guess my parents should have been in jail. He didn't do anything my parents didn't do to me. It's getting ridiculous.

So how do we stop all the crazy ****?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

My dad had the fastest belt in the west. I remember a time or two when he wasn't wearing a belt, I had to go pick out my own switch. He would probably have been electrocuted in today's world.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Cuts from a switch is more than a spanking.

 

[jamil]

Cuts from a switch is more than a spanking.

I saw the photos. That kid doesn't have any worst welts than I ever had. The only questionable thing is that I think the kid is 4, but still. Jail?

Maybe some people like what society is becoming, but I think people are caring too much about things that are not really anyone's business. I can see the state intervening in *real* abuse. But this is credulous.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Was the pictures on the link I was more listening than watching? I heard cuts, like the opening of flesh.

 

[churchmouse]

PC is getting way out of hand.
My parents would be doing life for the punishments they handed out.

 

[Rookie]

I remember reading an article about a woman who spanked her son with an extension cord. The kid got bruises, the school stuck their noses in, and had her arrested. She went to court and got it thrown out.

 

[Rookie]

Here it is...
Indiana Legal News - Latest Indiana Headlines, Top Stories, Breaking News - The Indiana Lawyer - theindianalawyer.com

 

[churchmouse]

Was the pictures on the link I was more listening than watching? I heard cuts, like the opening of flesh.

Thats excessive....seriously so.

 

[Rookie]

PC is getting way out of hand.
My parents would be doing life for the punishments they handed out.

No kidding. I remember my dad spanking me with a curtain rod. It was the first thing he grabbed and it hurt! Did I deserve it? I shot my sister in the back with an arrow. I still remember her running upstairs with the arrow stuck in her. Yeah, pretty sure I deserved it.

 

[churchmouse]

No kidding. I remember my dad spanking me with a curtain rod. It was the first thing he grabbed and it hurt! Did I deserve it? I shot my sister in the back with an arrow. I still remember her running upstairs with the arrow stuck in her. Yeah, pretty sure I deserved it.

I wanted to shoot my sisters...arrows never came to mind....

My mother had a left hook from nowhere. Old man wore a half inch (or so) wide leather belt. I missed many days dressing for gym due to the welts it would leave. Did I deserve them....sometimes. Most of the time my sisters would set me up if I did not bend to their wishes. Did I mention I wanted to shoot my sisters......often.

 

[littletommy]

My Dad died when I was 13, I remember shortly before his death, he was very weak, and could barely get out of his chair. He had whipped me with a switch earlier in the day, and I was pissed about it. I was going through the living room, heading out the front door, and there, next to dads chair, was the switch. Me being the smart ass punk I was, grabbed the switch and broke it in two, and proceeded to head out the door. He got me before I could get out that door, and wore me out! I loved that guy, and have missed him everyday for the last 35 years. He made a responsible adult out of me, and he did it in 13 short years.

The world needs more Dads like him, and less whiney dickheads who think society owes them everything.

 

[eldirector]

My sister would set me up, too. Until I realized... that if I'm going to get a whippin', I'm going to make it worth it. I don't think either one of us got more than a few after that.

 

[Rookie]

In my defense...

It wasn't my intention to hurt her. For some reason, I decided to cut the string on my bow, so I had to find an alternative. I took a couple coat hangars and tested their strength on the nearest target - which happened to be my sister. It worked surprisingly well...

 

[jamil]

In my defense...

It wasn't my intention to hurt her. For some reason, I decided to cut the string on my bow, so I had to find an alternative. I took a couple coat hangars and tested their strength on the nearest target - which happened to be my sister. It worked surprisingly well...

Well, that didn't work out quite like you planned then.

 

[poptab]

You can kill your unborn child but you can't smack him around when he acts up.
Very logical.

 

[halfmileharry]

My dad could lay out an arse busting with his belt as well.
Do I think it was child abuse? No and for the simple reason that they were few and far between. Did I deserve them? All but one. But I was told it was for all the crap I did that I got away with.

 

[jamil]

Was the pictures on the link I was more listening than watching? I heard cuts, like the opening of flesh.

Thats excessive....seriously so.

The pictures I saw showed the typical welts and there were a couple scabbed over.

I do think that for a 4 year old that was a bit much. I don't recall getting "the switch" until I was at least in 1st grade.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

The pictures I saw showed the typical welts and there were a couple scabbed over.

I do think that for a 4 year old that was a bit much. I don't recall getting "the switch" until I was at least in 1st grade.

Drawing blood or popping bruises is too much. My dad could give a first class *** whoppin' but he never drew blood or bruises...made it uncomfortable to sit down for a little while but we seldom did the same stupid thing twice.

 

[copo]

My parents grabbed shat ever was close normally those old orange match box tracks that made a whipping sound as they made contact. He and my brother never went a week without getting are hides tanned for one reason or another. And we turned out fine.