Father of the Year

[Upnorth]

He should have done a Najeh Davenport on the laptop. Then she'd have that mental image every time she used it.

Its the modern version of a flaming bag on the porch! A dump hidden in a laptop!

[Deputy Nutz]

He should have done a Najeh Davenport on the laptop. Then she'd have that mental image every time she used it.

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!

[Joemailman]

Christmas at their house must be something to see. Looks like a severely dysfunctional family to me. She's self-absorbed and disrespectful to anyone who asks anything of her. His way of dealing with conflict is to make threats, and if they don't work, use intimidation and humiliation. Father Of The Year? Hardly.

[Harlan Huckleby]

His way of dealing with conflict is to make threats, and if they don't work, use intimidation and humiliation.

You talk like this is a bad thing.

[Deputy Nutz]

He didn't make a threat, he really did shoot the computer. I award him with the fact that he actually followed through with it, unlike many parents who just constantly threaten their kids but don't actually do shit to change their children's behavior.

[KYPack]

I wouldn't have wasted that expensive ammo on this project. Wad cutters would have done the job.

[Upnorth]

Going to jail if you steal a car is a threat. That keeps me from from stealing. Threats work, if they are followed up on, and is how society's laws are enforced.

[Joemailman]

Going to jail if you steal a car is a threat. That keeps me from from stealing. Threats work, if they are followed up on, and is how society's laws are enforced.

Sure, but the methods that law enforcement uses to deter crime is not necessarily the best way for a father to reason with his daughter. Will this incident stop her from posting on facebook? Probably. For a while. Will it make her a more respectful and responsible person? I doubt it.

[Little Whiskey]

does he feel better after blowing the shit out of her laptop? I think so.

[SkinBasket]

God, what a bunch of pussies. So he shot a fucking computer. Big fucking deal. The world, and his family, will surely survive the loss. The gun makes the story sensational because our idiot nation has been conditioned to be afraid of them and the people who use them. If he had just run it over with a lawnmower, most people would have moved on by now without a second glance.

[Joemailman]

Your assumption that using a gun is the main reason some people aren't impressed with his methods is incorrect.

[Little Whiskey]

This would have been more effective

[SkinBasket]

Your assumption that using a gun is the main reason some people aren't impressed with his methods is incorrect.

Maybe here, but not on the larger scale that led to this being a topic of discussion across the country.

[MJZiggy]

Maybe here, but not on the larger scale that led to this being a topic of discussion across the country.

I believe that people have seen his method as a little over the top. If you think no one would care if he ran over it with a lawn mower, you obviously haven't seen the look I get from the guy who sharpens my mower blades. The question is 1. whether it was really a good idea to actually destroy the computer and in such dramatic fashion and 2. whether it was necessary to try to intentionally and publicly humiliate his daughter. Since his methodology up until now has earned him no respect from his daughter, I'd suggest to you that in this instance, his methods may not be the best choice. She will do one of two things. Kowtow, or knowing that her computer is gone, become even more angry and defiant and do something drastic (and likely newsworthy) of her own to one-up him.

[SkinBasket]

I believe that people have seen his method as a little over the top. If you think no one would care if he ran over it with a lawn mower, you obviously haven't seen the look I get from the guy who sharpens my mower blades. The question is 1. whether it was really a good idea to actually destroy the computer and in such dramatic fashion and 2. whether it was necessary to try to intentionally and publicly humiliate his daughter. Since his methodology up until now has earned him no respect from his daughter, I'd suggest to you that in this instance, his methods may not be the best choice. She will do one of two things. Kowtow, or knowing that her computer is gone, become even more angry and defiant and do something drastic (and likely newsworthy) of her own to one-up him.

I don't believe that if this guy runs the computer over, throws it away, or sets it on fire that this video gets half the attention it's gotten.

As far as the public "humiliation..." Boo hoo. If this is this girl's biggest lesson in humility, then she should be thanking God every day. At some point, some people still believe that even as a parent, you have to take a stand. Judging this guy like he's a Nazi, while ignoring all the other more fucked up shit people do to their kids every day - things that are considered more "socially acceptable," or "culturally appropriate" is hypocritical, ridiculous, and shows a real lack of tolerance for methodology not accepted my the majority of failed metrosexual, liberal, progressive godless shout-abouts.