Who slaps a toddler?!

"After demanding that the mother of a crying toddler 'shut that n****r baby up,' a male passenger allegedly slapped the 19-month-old across the face as a flight prepared to land in Atlanta last Friday evening, The Smoking Gun has learned."
HELL to the NO!

It should be a hate crime, not a "simple assault."

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Well...there's using hyperbole to vent your disgust at someone you'll never meet.

And then there's actually slapping a 19-month-old after calling it a 'n* baby.'

Just a titch different.

Her, Jordan. That poor screwed up kid Honey Boo Boo is a her. And sure, Robbie, it's different - but voicing the desire to slap a child is the first step. After that it's only a matter of degrees.

Ha! I thought that was the thread I started about the child movie critic.

Why isn't Nancy Grace all over this story? Oh, yeah. No blonde was involved. And the baby was Black? Sorry. No story here.

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I sort of disagree. A toddler who puts his or her life in danger let's say by disobeying a parent and running into oncoming traffic should get a slap. This will help the child associate the action they have just taken with physical pain. A child cannot really comprehend what hot is until there is a physical sensation associated with the word.

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I was just thinking about this. My generation of children got slapped plenty. Since it became a violent crime to hit your kids, does that have anything to do with that obnoxious air of entitlement we see today?

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Yea, I agree with some form of discipline when needed but I was referring to striking a toddler out of anger, not for their own good.

Also, just want to clarify that I am talking specifically about toddlers. Not children who have the capacity to understand or know better.

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They THINK they make the decisions.....

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"Haven't we all seen 12 ANGRY MEN? Hyperbole does not lead to violence."

Aw, Robbie, now you have me missing Jack Klugman. He was quite the handsome man in his time, in his own way.

I was the youngest of many, back in the day were it was common for kids to be struck. I never got more than the occasional thwack on the bottom or the hand, but my elder siblings took more than a few ... I won't say beatings, but implements were involved, and on occasion there was a slap to the face for a disrespectful remark.

I don't know if I learned to avoid it by observation, or whether my parents were just too tired by the time I came along, but we all grew up to be very polite useful members of society.

This situation, though, is right out of bounds. In this occasion, I would have been right there with Patronus. I most certainly would have been arrested for my reaction after witnessing something like that.
Twelve Angry Men

Judicial corporate punishement works. As I said before a child has to associate pain with the word 'hot' or the word means nothing to him.
Unfortunately my Step Father was quite abusive and I often times had to wear long pants and long sleeve shirts in the summer to hide the welts from the belt. I ended up being a good kid, shoot I was a good kid, yet got the beatings.

I do not necessarily promote corporate punishment however, I do believe at times it is warranted and if used correctly, a parenting tool.

However, for someone other then a parent or grandparent to administer said punishment is unacceptable! In this case I really fall in line that the slapper should be charged with assault and a hate crime for using the racial slur while performing the deed.

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I am all for "spanking" on the butt when a child misbehaves. I was a few times.
But this is some guy calling a baby that he doesn't even know the n-word, and then smacking him.
That is just wrong. This guy should be charged with something much more severe. And fired from his job. And hit with a truck. But perhaps the last part is just my wishful thinking. If I was on that plane, I would probably be in jail.

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