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Originally Posted by GarthB
And I believe that others are trying way too hard to excuse the basic act: a grown man slapping a 12 year old kid in the face.
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Once again, you see this as a problem, I see this as discipline. This was one slap, not a beating where the kid had to have stitches or a hospital stay.
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Originally Posted by GarthB
There was no excuse for that violent behavior. The kid didn't "make him do it". He is the grown up, supposedly in charge of his actions and he decided upon an act of violence. This is reprehensible behavior and has no place at 12 year old level baseball game.
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Many of us had to deal with the same things as a kid and we came out alright.
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Originally Posted by GarthB
Do I have a bias? Of course. I am biased against violence towards children and I am biased against adults who cannot control themselves.
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You call it violence, I call it discipline. Now I always find it funny that on one hand violence is bad, but the same people seem to advocate violence to handle other problems. So either all violence is all bad or there should be situation to situation consideration.
Peace