[quote]SSC wrote:
IDGAF what anyone says, if a motherfucker can’t recognize a motherfucker with DOWN SYNDROME, then they are clearly in the wrong - for being so ignorant at life alone.
It’s that simple.[/quote]
Down’s or not, if some dude kicks my 4 year old son, he’s going down. And I’ll do whatever it takes so he’s no longer a threat to my kid.
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While I don’t disagree with the sentiment I somehow think a solid push of the fellow with down’s syndrome would result in the same level of safety for your child as pummeling him to a bloody pulp.
I’m all for protecting your kids but some people on here are seriously quick to over react.[/quote]
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
As a dad, I can relate to the child-protecting sentiment.
But c’mon! He’s basically a child himself. If you saw a small boy attacking your child, would you punch him? [/quote]
A small boy isn’t capable of doing to the same level of damage with a kick that a full grown male can.
I’m not saying it was right, but your comparison is poor.
I think it’s an all around shitty situation for everyone involved.
I don’t know what the absolute right thing to do is, but I can’t condemn the guy for reacting like he did.[/quote]
I don’t have a big problem with the punch to be honest, I think it was a bit of an over reaction but I wasn’t there and who knows what went on prior to that so I won’t second guess the guy on the scene.
I’m referring to the people implying that they would beat the man to a bloody pulp. While I’m all for protecting your child some folks on here seem to look for any excuse to try and justify causing massive harm to another human being.
i cant blame the dad, he saw an adult kicking his child and stopped any danger to his son. Im sure most people wouldnt stop to see wether the adult was physically/mentally handicapped.
I would assume the child was being attacked and acted pretty much the same. How would anyone assume the grown man had down’s syndrome if you just walked inside a place and the first act was for someone to run and kick your kid?
LOL at the arm chair quarterbacking of intense split second decisions. Unless someone died here, the father was not at fault.
The boy with the Downs actually acted like any kid would if seeing another child mocking about in his territory. Well that’s how I interpreted this. Kids sometimes behave that way. It’s just child play.
The father’s punch was just too brutal. I really cringed watching that. Poor guy.[/quote]
A very large strong child capable of ending a 3-4 year olds life with a single kick.
The guy with downs may be mentally a child, but not physically. The situations aren’t the least bit the same. If the guys intention is to protect and ensure the safety of his child, the fact that the guy has downs is irrelevant. Him having downs doesn’t diminish the danger to his child (it probably actually makes it worse).
You guys can argue all you want that the punishment for the downs guy should reflect his condition, but the immediate issue the guy is dealing with is his child’s safety, not punishing anyone. Defense of his child comes first. Defense is based on the level of the threat, not the mental state of the person causing it.
You guys must be new to the internet. This video is old as hell.
Anyway, I always thought the father was more right than wrong in this situation. He reacted instantly so there’s a chance he didn’t notice the guy even had down syndrome and even if he did how could he have known that guy was going to stop with just a kick? It’s a messed up situation but I’m sure a father would rather protect his kid than do what’s politically correct.
I had a wtf reaction to the title of the thread but after watching the video I think the dad did what most of us (even the normally calm and reasonable among us) would do in that situation. The father only threw one punch it looked like anyway.
The father saw a person who was adult sized try strike at his child and acted as any decent father would act. The reason the guy only got 1 kick off was because the dad immediately retaliated. I would have done the same thing.
The guy with Downs doesn’t appear to have a severe case of it. I could understand if the guy who punched him didn’t immediately recognize that the dude he was punching was not all there.
From the camera view, if it wasn’t prefaced with the guy having downs, I would think it was some goofy looking guy with thick glasses talking on his cell phone then kicking the kid out of his place in line.
The boy with the Downs actually acted like any kid would if seeing another child mocking about in his territory. Well that’s how I interpreted this. Kids sometimes behave that way. It’s just child play.
The father’s punch was just too brutal. I really cringed watching that. Poor guy.[/quote]
A very large strong child capable of ending a 3-4 year olds life with a single kick.
The guy with downs may be mentally a child, but not physically. The situations aren’t the least bit the same. If the guys intention is to protect and ensure the safety of his child, the fact that the guy has downs is irrelevant. Him having downs doesn’t diminish the danger to his child (it probably actually makes it worse).
You guys can argue all you want that the punishment for the downs guy should reflect his condition, but the immediate issue the guy is dealing with is his child’s safety, not punishing anyone. Defense of his child comes first. Defense is based on the level of the threat, not the mental state of the person causing it.[/quote]
Okay, that’s a valid argument.
But that punch was just too harsh. The dad could’ve killed him.
The boy with the Downs actually acted like any kid would if seeing another child mocking about in his territory. Well that’s how I interpreted this. Kids sometimes behave that way. It’s just child play.
The father’s punch was just too brutal. I really cringed watching that. Poor guy.[/quote]
A very large strong child capable of ending a 3-4 year olds life with a single kick.
The guy with downs may be mentally a child, but not physically. The situations aren’t the least bit the same. If the guys intention is to protect and ensure the safety of his child, the fact that the guy has downs is irrelevant. Him having downs doesn’t diminish the danger to his child (it probably actually makes it worse).
You guys can argue all you want that the punishment for the downs guy should reflect his condition, but the immediate issue the guy is dealing with is his child’s safety, not punishing anyone. Defense of his child comes first. Defense is based on the level of the threat, not the mental state of the person causing it.[/quote]
Okay, that’s a valid argument.
But that punch was just too harsh. The dad could’ve killed him.
[quote]Sturat wrote:
I’m referring to the people implying that they would beat the man to a bloody pulp. While I’m all for protecting your child some folks on here seem to look for any excuse to try and ACT LIKE A TOUGH GUY ON THE INTERNET.
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[quote]SSC wrote:
IDGAF what anyone says, if a motherfucker can’t recognize a motherfucker with DOWN SYNDROME, then they are clearly in the wrong - for being so ignorant at life alone.
It’s that simple.[/quote]
Down’s or not, if some dude kicks my 4 year old son, he’s going down. And I’ll do whatever it takes so he’s no longer a threat to my kid.
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While I don’t disagree with the sentiment I somehow think a solid push of the fellow with down’s syndrome would result in the same level of safety for your child as pummeling him to a bloody pulp.
I’m all for protecting your kids but some people on here are seriously quick to over react.[/quote]
You don’t have kids, do you.[/quote]
This was the line running through my head, “I have no qualms with sticking you! I will equalize you!”
Hard to say but it doesn’t really look like the dad would have had a chance to recognize that the kid has downs syndrome. If he had hit him more than once than I would say he was in the wrong. As is it’s pretty understandable.
