Daughter Gets Seriously Even With Abusive Parent

Not going to try and watch, but did read the article. What, exactly, does "not as bad as it looks on tape" even mean? Is he claiming . . . well, I'm just not sure what he's claiming.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but it is Texas - and they still buy into the "spare the rod, spoil the child" business. Some would probably argue he is well within his rights as a parent, and that the excess force was due to her 'not learning her lesson' before.

I think he ought to be shot.

Coincidentally, they believe in that, too.

That man is a sadist. That was not discipline, that was clearly physical abuse, emotional abuse and terrorism. Too bad she sat on the video for 7 years before releasing it (and understandably so, since she was only 16 years old at the time and obviously in fear for her life), but hopefully, she has compiled much more evidence, especially recent.

Unfortunately, I'm very familiar with Rockport, Texas and spent a LOT of time there in the 80s. It used to be a charming town with a quiet community of fishermen and a well-resected artist colony (I believe Clint Eastwood used to own a home there), but by the mid-90s, it had seriously declined. I still have relatives that live there.

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Q, I don't blame you. I couldn't watch the whole thing.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but it is Texas - and they still buy into the "spare the rod, spoil the child" business.

Physical abuse is found everywhere in this country. Every city. Every state. It's not a "Texas thing" like chili without beans. Rockport is a VERY small town, but this could just as easily have taken place in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, or anywhere else, for that matter. And that sort of abuse is often passed down from one generation to the next. It is the choice of the parent to continue it.

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Updated On: 11/2/11 at 03:53 PM

This is front page on my iGoogle now, via CNN.com.

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The daughter finally gets her revenge. Good for her! I hope Dad gets what he deserves!

I know well that type of punishment, it was prettymuch how my Tsep Dad treated me and my brother growing up. We did end up having to wear long pants and long sleeve shirts in the summer to hide the welts. Left home when I turned 17 and never looked back.

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Corporal punishment in schools is legal in 19 states, the majority of which are in the south. That is true. Domestic corporal punishment is legal in all 50 states. But what is shown in that video is far beyond corporal punishment. I received a spanking when I was a child. I even received one in school. I never received anything like what that girl endured in that video. Now, I believe Texas does have some pretty screwy priorities at times, but this is truly something that could happen anywhere, regardless of school corporal punishment laws.

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I have a feeling His Honor will not be long for his seat on the bench.

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(((broadwayguy2)))

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I know judges are supposed to be (and educated to be) impartial in their sentencing and verdicts, but seeing this makes you wonder about all the decisions he has handed down over his career.


He needs to be disbarred at once.


This is the whole 8 minite video for those who can stomach it

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The man is a sadist with a boner in his pjs. And what a potty mouth. He deserves what he threatened his daughter with for using that language as the adult in the room: a "spankin in the face."

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