Wal-Mart Shopper arrested ...

[IDrinkaRum]

for slapping another shopper's 2-year-old child!

The shopper, a 61-year-old male, was irritated by another shopper's child who was crying. He told her if she didn't shut her child up, he would.

When the mother wasn't able to calm the child, the man went up to the child and slapped her "several" time.

Let me tell you: child rum has meltdowns for whatever reason - including being tired. Someone did that to her, I'd be arrested along with the person who hit my child.

[violetyoshi]

I agree the man's behavior was completely uncalled for. However, there are many parents who even with a calm and respectful suggestion that they quiet their child, who throw a tantrum at the situation. I hate to say this, but are we hearing both sides of this story? Did the mother react to this man with an attitude making the situation worse, rather than apologizing?

[Pedersen]

Did the mother react to this man with an attitude making the situation worse, rather than apologizing?

Just have to point out that your question is so far beyond irrelevant that it's exploring other galaxies of irrelevance by now, pending its quest into other dimensions and other planes of existence.

The fully grown man assaulted a child. Period.

That, right there, is against the law. The single best thing he can hope for is that the mom did exacerbate the situation, and that he finds a judge who cares that the mom provoked the man into assaulting someone else. Good luck.

Yes, yes, I know: hyperacusis, parents are hateful people, blah de blah. His motive came from being tired of the same damn thing that I get tired of. And all of that is completely irrelevant.

The perpetrator in question assaulted a child. Now it's time for him to be punished.

[Nyoibo]

Yeah, not the way to go about it, I've smacked a kid once, but it was in response to the kid going around and hitting everyone in sight, including me.

I just noticed, the kid has the same name as my favorite Charmed one.

[Boozy]

The picture of the man made me laugh out loud, even though there's nothing funny about the story.

It's just that if someone had said to me, "Imagine the face of a nasty old fuck who smacks toddlers who annoy him" -- that's exactly the face I would have pictured.

[DesignFox]

The picture of the man made me laugh out loud, even though there's nothing funny about the story.

It's just that if someone had said to me, "Imagine the face of a nasty old fuck who smacks toddlers who annoy him" -- that's exactly the face I would have pictured.

*laughs* That's exactly what I was thinking, Boozy!

Much as out of control children (whose parents make NO EFFORT to control them) annoy the shit out of me, I would never ever ever hit another person's child.

That is just wrong on so many levels. This guy definitely should be punished. Saying something to a parent is one thing. Taking matters into your own hands is quite another!

[Mr Slugger]

Much as out of control children (whose parents make NO EFFORT to control them) annoy the shit out of me, I would never ever ever hit another person's child.

Totally agree. I mean to me even if the parent told him to fuck off there's still no excuse for hitting the kid.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I'm with Rum, if someone even laid a hand on my child, I'd be in far more trouble than he would be.

[violetyoshi]

Just have to point out that your question is so far beyond irrelevant that it's exploring other galaxies of irrelevance by now, pending its quest into other dimensions and other planes of existence.

The fully grown man assaulted a child. Period.

That, right there, is against the law. The single best thing he can hope for is that the mom did exacerbate the situation, and that he finds a judge who cares that the mom provoked the man into assaulting someone else. Good luck.

Yes, yes, I know: hyperacusis, parents are hateful people, blah de blah. His motive came from being tired of the same damn thing that I get tired of. And all of that is completely irrelevant.

The perpetrator in question assaulted a child. Now it's time for him to be punished.

*sigh* I give up, you want to only see a single side of a situation. You want to care only about yourself, and expect everyone in the world to put aside their problems to cater to you. Fine, I don't care anymore. Let's go put the big bad man in jail, will you all be happy then?

[BroomJockey]

Let's go put the big bad man in jail, will you all be happy then?

Well, yes, but I'll bite. Come on, justify smacking a 2 year old.

[AdminAssistant]

Let's go put the big bad man in jail, will you all be happy then?

Yes.

It's one thing to be annoyed by a child. It's another thing to politely ask the guardian to quiet or calm said child.

It's quite another to go over and assault a two-year old. He slapped a toddler in the face, multiple times. How the hell is that even remotely appropriate? If the guy has such a damn problem with kids, then he should do his shopping late at night or during school hours, when there will be very few children in the store.

And yes, had that been my niece or nephew, thing would not have been pretty.

[the_std]

Hell, even I, an active kid-hater, would never sink to smacking a child. Especially a two-year old who is not in any semblance in full control of their actions yet. There is nothing that would make it okay, and I'm very curious to see how you'll get yourself around this one, violetyoshi.

[Pedersen]

*sigh* I give up, you want to only see a single side of a situation.

Let me see if I've got this straight. In your mind, there is potentially a side to this situation that would justify a stranger assaulting a two year old? Please, do tell a side that would justify this. I think that all of us would like to hear it.

So far, your suggested other side is this:

Did the mother react to this man with an attitude making the situation worse, rather than apologizing?

Which means that, according to you, it is acceptable for the stranger to progress to assault when a third person provokes him to do so. Somehow, I don't think that's what you were wanting to convey as a possibility, so I'm willing to let you clarify yourself.

You want to care only about yourself, and expect everyone in the world to put aside their problems to cater to you. Fine, I don't care anymore.

Now this is an extremely interesting statement to me. On the one hand, we're looking at a story about a man that you (violetyoshi) do not know assaulting a two year old that you (violetyoshi) do not know, who happens to be accompanied by a parent (again, that you, violetyoshi, do not know) at the time of the assault. However, according to you (violetyoshi), we are focused on ourselves instead of how that man had a problem that you (violetyoshi) have - hyperacusis.

Now, I'll admit to even more curiousity: How is that we are being selfish and uncaring and demanding the world to bend to our whims when we're focused on what happened? While, at the same time, you (violetyoshi) are not being selfish and uncaring when you're focusing on your own personal condition and how this child's screaming would have affected you?

Please, educate me. I'm listening.

Let's go put the big bad man in jail, will you all be happy then?

Yes. The man committed an assault, and it was not done in self-defense. He deserves to go to jail.

Oh, and you might want to read my reply in your other thread (that I'm typing up now) before posting a reply here.

[SimplyAnother]

You know, I've had the urge to slap the snot out of a parent of a screaming kid, but not, ya know, the kid.

No, there is no way to justify a grown assed man slapping a 2 year old child. None, at all.

[Nyoibo]

*sigh* I give up, you want to only see a single side of a situation. You want to care only about yourself, and expect everyone in the world to put aside their problems to cater to you. Fine, I don't care anymore. Let's go put the big bad man in jail, will you all be happy then?

For someone who has beed decrying the evils of corporal punishment as barbaric, outdated and wrong, it seems strange you now jump to this mans defense. So, it's bad when parents do it to discipline thier kinds, but it's ok for a stranger to do it to the kids if they have an excuse?