REAL FOOTBALL Thread

[Carp]

Ridiculous that someone gets indicted for spanking their kids.

[Coredor]

There is a line that can be crossed with that though. Discipline is one thing, but if it is severe enough to cause injury that's a different matter. Spanking and beating are different things, and sometimes it's difficult to tell where the line is. One article I read said there were cuts on the boys back, bottom, and legs. It may have been severe.

Of course it was also the boys mother who reported it, and there may have been an agenda with things being exaggerated. I don't know.

Ridiculous that someone gets indicted for spanking their kids.

[thethe]

So what Peterson was indicted for was using a switch on his kid. Yay government getting involved with parents raising their kids. If the child's life isn't in danger (aka starvation)

Agreed. I was hit with much worse as a kid.

[50PoundHead]

Agreed. I was hit with much worse as a kid.

They showed the pics here in Minnesota on the news. Noticeable bruises and scars. Kid is four years old.

And Peterson said he got it worse as a kid. I guess that discipline really helped him as a man, seeing he's fathered three children from three different women.

[thethe]

They showed the pics here in Minnesota on the news. Noticeable bruises and scars. Kid is four years old.

And Peterson said he got it worse as a kid. I guess that discipline really helped him as a man, seeing he's fathered three children from three different women.

Correlation and causality are not the same thing.

[50PoundHead]

Correlation and causality are not the same thing.

Precisely. Just like claiming that harsh discipline on kids helps them build character.

[thethe]

Precisely. Just like claiming that harsh discipline on kids helps them build character.

I've never said that at all. I'm just saying the outrage over this is a joke. Just more of the same sensationalist media.

[Heyward]

So beating your kids and wife/GF is apparently ok now?

[bravesnumberone]

It's psychotic to hit your kids with sticks. If you can't get the point across in a better way, you're a terrible parent.

[Carp]

They showed the pics here in Minnesota on the news. Noticeable bruises and scars. Kid is four years old.

And Peterson said he got it worse as a kid. I guess that discipline really helped him as a man, seeing he's fathered three children from three different women.

So we know that all that is a from Peterson huh?

I didn't realize him fathering children was such a horrible terrible thing. I bet those women getting millions of dollars for raising his children are just devastated.

[Carp]

So beating your kids and wife/GF is apparently ok now?

Since when did spanking = beating?

[thethe]

George Carlin hit the nail on the head when he spoke about the pussification of America.

[bravesnumberone]

Yeah, maybe he should have hit him with a hammer.

[BRule]

George Carlin hit the nail on the head when he spoke about the pussification of America.

So you saw those pics and what the kid said and what AP said........and you thought that was okay?

AP's texts to the kids mom are insane.......the dude has a "WHOOPING ROOM" for a FOUR YEAR OLD.............

[Heyward]

Since when did spanking = beating?

Uhh, did you see the pics of his kid?

If thats not beating, then what is?

And no, i'm not posting those pics, absolutely sickening.

[nocalgirl10]

It's psychotic to hit your kids with sticks. If you can't get the point across in a better way, you're a terrible parent.

Nail on the head. The kid is 4 years old! Good god.

I have no idea how anyone who sees those pictures can say that that was an acceptable way to discipline a little kid.

[Carp]

Uhh, did you see the pics of his kid?

If thats not beating, then what is?

And no, i'm not posting those pics, absolutely sickening.

Yes I have. But do we know that these marks are from Peterson?

May be he did take his disciplining too far. Or may be these pictures aren't reflective of what AP actually did to him. But certainly not going to label him as a child abuser based off some pictures on the Internet.

[ESP47]

I refuse to have an opinion until Ray Rice and Ray McDonald weigh in on the story.

[BRule]

Yes I have. But do we know that these marks are from Peterson?

May be he did take his disciplining too far. Or may be these pictures aren't reflective of what AP actually did to him. But certainly not going to label him as a child abuser based off some pictures on the Internet.

Uh, he admitted he did it.......

[NinersSBChamps]

Can take some people out of the hood...can't take the hood out of them.

The entire league is a disgrace.