OMG - Dad uses Facebook to teach daughter a lesson

You guys have gotta read and see this...don't get this Dad mad...WOW

You can read how it started here
http://www.litefm.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=421220&article=9744152

 

Wow...the dog did it.. too funny..hasn't petted the dog all day.

We as children and adults don't seem to realize or care just how much our words hurt others.

 

My 4-year-old son has been using a computer since he was 2 and something. For his 4th birthday, I built him his own computer because when he used mom's or dad's, he messed up our desktops and lost our open tabs in the web browser.

Now that it's HIS computer, his desktop stays nice & neat, he goes to his learning websites or watches kid videos on Netflix, and he's already learned to turn it off before he gets up to do something else (most of the time).

Sadly, I can see this entire scenario being me in a few years (tomorrow); I actually have played it out inside my head a few dozen times long before this happened. And truth is, the only difference was that I gave the computer to the nearby library "so that it could be used by kids who'd appreciate it".

And then, of course, will come my daughter.

mnem
I don't know if I can stand up to HER... *wibble*

 

I read,
I watched.

Congratulations, Tommy J!

Hopefully she learned something from a lesson she will not forget.

 

She should have had a Toughbook

 

And a follow-up

YouTube dad says authorities pay visit; Daughter gets job offer | www.wsoctv.com

 

Where on earth did the daughter get such a bad attitude? Where? Impossible to fathom given the Einstein she's got for an old man.

 

He is lucky that it was not a Toughbook, a .45ACP might have bounced off that and have killed him!

But seriously, I approve of his message to his daughter!

 

Not the place for a debate on parenting, I'm sure, but I take it as given that anyone who has to resort to a handgun (and I say this as a hunter and gun owner) to send a message to his teenage daughter has a cretinously crude notion of authority. I suspect he's reaping what he's been sowing. Back to TBs!

 

Shouldn't this thread be transferred to the HP subforum?

I think it's deplorable that this "IT professional" demonstrated such a complete disregard for gun safety. What sort of responsible adult destroys inanimate objects? What sort of responsible parent takes personal offense at the musings of a teenager? What sort of example does it set is you destroy a child's personal property?

Does anyone want to see children pattern their behavior after this man? Rambling about "respect" while smoking a cigarette, wearing a cowboy hat and shooting holes in an inanimate object? Is this an example of a responsible male adult? Nope.

I wish his daughter the best of luck. Maybe a child can succeed in life with this sort of upbringing. If she does, it will be on the basis of other adult role models, not this very disturbing and disturbed "father."

 

*Yawn*

And here come the forum divers, looking for a hornet's nest to kick.

*Waves*

Bye-ee. Thanks fer visitin'. Y'all come back now, y'hear?

mnem
It's the garden gnomes. They're ALL in on it.

 

I can't help it Mnem....
just as an aside, and word of wisdom: old hard drives and broken craptops are frequent target practice for several of the gun toting techis in this sub-forum. I"m not judging you.... just putting it out there.

And yes, I personally do believe him to be a responsible model in many fashions. I have found in my short life, that we've gotten too PC, too sensative, and too worried about "feelings". This man is not a mould to just conform to, but he does portray many qualities that would serve almost any young man well to possess themselves. IMHO.

Then again, IMHO, we should use a shovel to knock out many of these effeminate males in the youth of today, and shave that crap off their head & out of thier eyes (says the wierdo with shells braided into his goatee).

just a thought.

 

Other peoples undisciplined offspring.

 

I'm working on the road, and have spoke very little to my wife in the last week. I did post a link to the video in question, on my FB page. The following is what my wife commented to on that link. *edited for content*

Check out my last post before this one.
Like it or not, my wife and I think the same.

 

Where was the lack of gun safety? I am a multi-certified firearms instructor of over 30 years experience and I fail to see it.

Smoking and wearing a cowboy hat, so what? Not my taste, but not illegal or immoral in any way.

I do not believe that children own "personal property" otherwise you could never take it away from them. As to his destroying it, well it is HIS, he can do what he likes, without any of our approval and the way that he choose to do it is why this video went viral?

However we are all entitled to our own opinion, but clearly yours is a minority view in this matter.

 

I agree, as a multiple certified L.E. firearms instructor, no safety violations, and I have disposed of old hard drives in the same manner numerous times.

 

I don't think that most people who run firing ranges would tolerate someone in that state of mind. His speech is angry and rambling if somewhat coherent. I can't tell if he's mentally altered and/or intoxicated from the video since it's shot POV. He's even a little confused as to how many shots he's fired and how many he has left.

Then you have the issue of the location. It seems to be a backyard, possibly in proximity to a dwelling. Again, it's hard to tell from the video, but it sure doesn't look like a firing range.

Oh, and he's engaging in close range target practice against a laptop computer? Alarm bells are going off? Hmmmm? Ever see a firing range where people are shooting targets that are near their feet? Not smart.

This is not how a responsible gun owner acts.

Not immoral, but there again, there was nothing immoral about the Facebook post that he took offense to.

And I don't think that smoking is a behavior that this supposedly concerned father should be demonstrating.

How do you expect a child to ever gain a sense of personal responsibility if you don't allow the child to understand the concept of ownership? It's one thing to take a toy away from a toddler, but when you're dealing with an adolescent, you're dealing with a person that's on the cusp of adult responsibilities and obligations.

So great, it was HIS laptop computer? If so, why was he demanding repayment from the daughter? It's pretty clear that this man has serious boundary issues, both in terms of interpersonal relationships and personal property.

Most people are probably amused by this man. Between the southern accent, the cowboy hat, the smoking, profanity, illogical ranting and finally, the gun play, this one man personifies a whole range of negative stereotypes. The man is a walking Jeff Foxworthy joke.

Personally, I don't think he's funny, since it's clear that real people have to live with this insecure little man. I think we can all figure out the Freudian interpretation of the gun. I see a small, insecure man, demanding respect, but deserving little. He's obviously feels inadequate, hence this very odd and troubling display.

 

Wow. You got all this from a 5-minute video. Man, you sure are some kind of crackerjack psychoanalyst. Don't quit your day job.

I fear for your family and anyone who is forced to work under your direction; for you are a self-important, judgmental little peckerhead in much the same flavor as you paint this man to be. And that is my professional opinion.

If you have something of value to contribute to the group, pull up a chair and sit a spell. We'd like to hear what you've got to say. But you have a whole 2 posts in our forum, both of which have been inflammatory and in this thread. You'll forgive us if we discount the impartiality of your comments. Otherwise, please take your dime-novel analysis back wherever you languish most of the time, we don't need you forum-diving down here and trolling us in this fashion; I for one am not impressed by your PC-ness. We may be simple folk with but a few Engineering degrees between us, but we sure aren't dumb enough that we don't know the difference between bucolic and stupid.


mnem
And don't let the screen door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

 

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Nevermind. I think I'll will just shut up and not add any gasoline to the fire.

And the countdown has begun for the closing of this thread also.

 

AND I have to say, thank you, Dwagon: i don't know too many people that make me have to look up the meanings of words they use.
Learning good.

 

Really? I have been a Rangemaster for a large commercial range and am a Police and NRA certified Range Safety Officer and Chief Range Safety Officer. I am also State Board of Private Detectives and Security Range and Class Room Instructor. I see no safety violations. Sorry, but you have no idea what you are talking about.

Sorry, as the Dad I think that he has the right to set reasonable standards of behavior for his family. I agree that a public post of complaint and insulting the whole family is unacceptable. You are free to have a different opinion, but that is all it is.

Again, I am not a smoker, but my Dad was and he was a Great Dad!

Sorry, children do not and can not "own" things in the way that an adult does. This is a legal fact and while you may morally disagree, it is just a different opinion, and that is all it is. Your children, if any, are of course welcome to post all the derogatory things they want to about you and your mate to the Internet! Why not allow them to do so here?

And you sir, are a small minded and pretentious bigot. There are many Southern folks here and an accent, no matter how offensive to you, is not indicative of intellect. Again, your knowledge of firearms and their safe utilization seems very limited. It is clearly one of the central reasons for your objection to this video and appears the result of your own personal anti-gun bias. While I support your right to be defenseless, this man's election to enjoy his Second Armament Rights does not merit your vile attack.

I am also a trained Profiler with many years of experience. Your analysis is weak and opinionated and frankly seems little more then a projection and a cataloging of your own inadequacies.

Nice chatting with you! BTW, exactly which Toughbook model was it that you owned?

 

Well, I for one am convinced. When a teenager posts insulting remarks on Facebook via the laptop you've spent time and money on, it now strikes me as being entirely reasonable to unload a pistol in it, film yourself doing it, and then post it on the web. Actually, it's more than reasonable. It's good parenting.

 

Azrial -

Didn't I just say that? :laugh:

mnem
*Adjusted. Not sure how well...*