I wonder if this Judge got the same sort of power-boner when he was brandishing his mighty gavel in the courtroom.
That's not a norm in Korea anymore. Although it was completely socially acceptable for teachers to do that... just not to that extent. WTF.
How about we check that idiot father into a mental hospital for failing to recognize the importance of technology in today's society as well? I mean to get that pissed off at your son or daughter using a computer is just sad. I don't even see myself getting punished that badly if I got a girl pregnant or got caught smoking/doing drugs/etc.
I wasn't going to post in this thread again, until I saw Nero's post. I have children; both grown and on their own, as well as young and still at home. While not my first choice for punishment, my kids got spankings when needed. There is a difference between a swat or spanking and what this man perpetrated upon his child. With that said, I stand by my first post that those rationalizing this man's criminal behavior should seek counseling before rearing your own children.
Spanking should be illegal, because it can lead to slapping, and slapping can lead to hitting, and hitting can maim or kill.
does everyone defending the content of this video as proper discipline have their own Mommy Dearest story?
https://www.oag.state.tx.us/ag_publications/txts/childabuse1.shtml I am disgusted by those who say that this wasn't that bad. While the physical abuse may not have been as bad as what you had experienced, would you have received that kind of physical as well as emotional abuse for downloading games on the internet? If the answer is no, then you need to STFU. If the answer is yes, you need to consider the fact that the child also has cerebral palsy, and then STFU. Don't try to justify it by saying "Oh I have been beaten much worse." or "My parents beat me like that but I turned out fine" I think they call that a logical fallacy. That's like saying since Bob has successfully undergone a brain transplant with no repercussions, then the procedure is 100% safe for everyone else. Regardless of whether or not this effects how she turns out as a human being, it is illegal, because no matter how severe or minimal that punishment was, it still at the VERY least exposed her to emotional harm, if not already causing a substantial amount of harm.
Update: Adams is now tweeting that she feels “some regret” for publishing the video and ruining her father. Too late now.... I hope it was worth it and he really is a troll. Has anyone confirmed that the mother left because of abuse? Has anyone confirmed the degree of the daughter's physical/mental impairment?..... or is everyone just going to jump to conclusions. Maybe he is a beast... I don't know, all we have a video.
I smell a spot on Oprah, a book deal and a Lifetime movie starring Sally Field, Kimberly Williams and Gary Busy as the evil Judge Adams.
I'm not surprised at all that she feels "some regret." An abused child's feeling towards there parents are complex and conflicted. Many children who have suffered worse abuse than we see on that video will resist reporting or testifying against the abusing parent. And if the girl had no disability at all and the mother never left the judge, the actions in that video are still child abuse. It's just sickening that a nut job like this was sitting in judgement over people being brought before FAMILY court.
I’m not going to read through this entire thread because it’s too long at this point but I did want to point out that those who are in support of corporal punishment (like myself) do not necessarily believe that this man’s actions are warranted and legal. The first few spanks are fine but the continuation of the spanking and the verbal abuse crossed the line. I’ve received plenty of punishments in my day from both mother and father and I believe that I deserved to be punished in every case that I can recall. My younger sister on the other hand once called the police due to her righteousness and the police officer set her straight on the law. In that instance, my dad told my youngest sister (16) to do the dishes and she said no. My father went upstairs to get her downstairs to do the dishes and she physically resisted by staying in bed. My dad grabbed her arm to bring her downstairs and my middle sister (24 & living at home at the time) injected herself in the situation and escalated things by screaming at my father to leave my younger sister alone. At that time they both ran into a room and locked the door. My dad does have an uncontrollable temper so he actually broke the door with his hands because they refused to come out. My middle sister called the police to report the incident and the police officer explained to her that my father can break down any door he decides to in his own home. My sister gave the female office lip and the officer gave my sister her two cents. In a way it was comical to see my sister brought down a peg. Having said all that, I believe this man crossed the line with excessive punishment both physically and verbally.
I think it was more of a beating. When I think of spanking, I think of a parent taking a small child and putting them over their knee and striking their bottom with the hand. A 16 year old is too old for this type of punishment. The father could not control the girl and he ended up just flailing away at her. I think a more appropriate punishment would have been to remove the computer from the girls room, or to not allow her to use the computer at all.
