General News Police chief commends dad who rearranged man's face for sexually abusing his son

And the Dad of the Year award goes to... THIS DUDE. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

Oh I read this one earlier. Parenting done right!

 

I have to say that the title of this thread is very confusing, but I do approve.

 

Generally I am not a violent person, and don't care for it either.

However if I walked in on something like this, I don't think I would have been able to restrain myself. I'd have probably killed the guy.

 

Brutality is rarely justified, but raping an eleven year old is one of the cruellest acts possible. He deserved to be savaged, and I'm glad the father isn't likely to be punished.

Let the rapist rot in Hell. I hope the child can recover from this.

 

What a great father. He reminds me of this dad:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi3Hyxuf5AE/YOUTUBE]

 

I am having a weird thought in this situation. I feel like we have these discussions of violence happening to people, and our general response on EC has tended to be "oh, this is so sad." My response has tended to be "we need to physically hurt the people who do this," and up until this point, I feel like I'm the only person who feels this way. At EC, we're largely progressives who are distrustful of violence--and in my view, to a worrying degree.

That said, people's response here breaks from this dismal norm, and I'm happy to see how you've all responded.

You all know what this means, though, right? Many of you do, in fact, believe that sometimes people are evil enough they need to be hurt very badly.

 

I'm actually stunned that the dad stopped; I'm not sure he would have gotten that beaten up actually before I'd have killed him.

Good on the cops for upholding the law by its spirit and not arresting the father.

 

"rearranged"

is this a euphemism word for another word that I cna't remember?

 

Given the mugshot of the rapist in question, I'd say 'rearranged' is a fairly literal description.

 

Why didn't the kid go to his father in the first place ? His father is strong and could've killed the guy before this tragedy of abuse happened

 

It's not that bad when you actually enter and read the story. It just stood out to me as I was scrolling through the forum. It could have just been me; though I could definitely still change it if you gave me a replacement.

 

I had a long post written in response, but decided against posting it.

In short: I don't agree with violence in any situation other than life or death, and although raping someone, let alone an 11 year old, is disgusting, horrific, and just plain fucked up, violence isn't the answer.

The dad's lucky he's in Florida. It's one of the few states that recognizes defending another person as an accepted defense for aggravated assault/battery.

 

I don't think it is the right thing to beat the rapist up either, but, it was justified in that any dad would do the same thing. It is one of those situation when thinking calmly is impossible. A parent won't be able to think straight when horrible things are being done to their child.

The rapist will likely get a taste of his own medicine in jail. Pedophile and rapist are never welcomed, even amongst criminals.


What I hope though, is that this kind of news will not make people start making idiotic sweeping comment about gay men being sexual predator again...

 

I'm with Chip.

Whilst I can understand why the father acted the way he did, in that it was probably a normal reaction to that situation with the rage and hormones flowing, I don't think we should be celebrating it, commending it or stating it was the right course of action.

I won't criticise the father (he is a victim too) but fighting violence with violence in this situation has not made anything better; the crime was already done. Ultimately we have to rely on the police and the law to provide justice and punish criminals. Once we start commending violent retaliation we are just opening things up for vigilantism.

It reminds me of people who justify prison rape by saying "they had it coming" or "it is a good punishment". I can already see one comment in this thread doing this. I find that utterly repugnant and reprehensible. Once we legitimise rape as a "tool" for punishment we essentially are saying "its fine in some circumstances". Rape is never acceptable. It is cruel and unusual punishment by anyone's definition.

 

Good for the dad. Shame he stopped.