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Title: Father Shoots His Daughter’s Laptop For Posting a Mean Comment About Him on Facebook
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Published: Feb 11, 2012
Author: Melissa Knowles | Trending Now
Post Date: 2012-02-11 03:05:17 by Tatarewicz
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Views: 284
Comments: 19
A North Carolina man was none too pleased with one of his daughter Hannah's Facebook posts. So instead of just telling her, he decided to tell the world exactly how he felt in a YouTube video. (Warning: This video contains strong language and content.) After already grounding Hannah for three months for what he refers to as a similar incident in the past, Tommy Jordan decided to take his disciplinary action to a whole new, more public level. Jordan uploaded a video of himself sitting in a lawn chair reading aloud his 15-year-old daughter's post and then shooting nine hollow-point rounds into her computer with his .45-caliber gun. Jordan, who is an IT consultant, says he discovered his daughter's post as he was upgrading her laptop with new software. In what Hannah apparently thought was a private post titled, "To My Parents," using profanity-laced language, she complains of all of the chores she has to do and says she ought to get paid for it. She further complains about having to balance her school work and all her chores. In the eight-minute video titled "Facebook Parenting: For the Troubled Teen," Jordan explains how hard his life was growing up, and he seems particularly frustrated by his daughter's disrespect and tells her that he is disappointed. At the end of the video, Jordan tells his daughter that she can have a new laptop when she buys a new laptop after she repays him for the new software he had just downloaded. He later posted the video to his own Facebook profile as well as his daughter's, and it is blowing up on the Internet. The video has received more than 650 comments, 1,300 "likes," and 800,000 views on YouTube. Most people are applauding Jordan's approach to extreme parenting. One person wrote, "Can I shake your hand and buy you a beer?" and another person on Facebook commented, "loved your parenting technique."
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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
I'm not applauding it. You don't have to act like a kid to punish your kid. What he did here was very immature even more so than what she did. There is a good reason she put that post up there, looking at him I see what that reason is.
God is always good!
Shooting the message and not the messenger !
"The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector " Plato.
That was fun but perhaps a tad bit expensive.
:) Clever twist, Sir noone....
Nice group Daddy-O Some kids, in addition to being self-centered (quite normal for American teens) are also pretty dense and intransigent. Looking this video, which my wife played for me this morning, I get the sense that in her case these are inherited traits. I'll bet this kid has inherited her stubborn streak from her old man. It's tough to say how this could have been handled better. The use of the firearm was kind of a strong statement. Don't think I would have gone there. However, this kid was patently disloyal and ungrateful. At least Dad didn't take his anger out on her personally & I get the sense that he's a good parent and that they'll patch this up and laugh about it some day.
Excellent! Jordan reminded me of Tommy Lee Jones. Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson Good observations.
Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson What would you have done? The father responded to a PUBLIC disrespect with a PUBLIC retribution. Would you have kept it all quiet and spared the little darling the embarrassment of her own words disrespecting her parents? His intention was to teach a lesson the little darling would never forget.....I feel he was triumphant! The father paid for her laptop and the upgrades, so it was his property to put bullets into for his video. Now, the little darling can save to purchase her own laptop. OH DE HUMANITY!! Also, this was the second time the little darling pulled this internet disrespect for her parents. The first offense was three months grounding......but she failed to learn her lesson. I am confident she will learn this time around. That's good parenting. " If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11 "Life's tough, and even tougher if you're stupid." --John Wayne
My impression is that she is a spoiled little brat who has been indulged by her parents and in return she bit the hand that feeds her - and got bit back. With the clarity of 20-20 hindsight I would suggest that she be required to write out a long confession of her transgressions against her parents and then do suitable amends before the computer was returned. While his expression of parental displeasure might have been a little extreme the little dear appears to have earned it. I am amazed this sort of thing isn't happening every day. And to cell phones too.
that made me laugh...
Probably a better handling would have been a thorough discussion of the family budget and how the child's food and other expenses fit into it as well as the child's allowance. Since the child's expenses far exceed anything it can contribute through chores, paying for the chores is out of the question although an allowance bonus might be added for some exceptional work. The old man would want to discourage public airing of disagreeable family matters because this could easily bring in nosy childcare bureaucrats with no end of hassles. Guns are so much a part of America culture, domestically and abroad, that it can't be considered unusual in a case such as this.
It's tough to say how this could have been handled better. The use of the firearm was kind of a strong statement. Don't think I would have gone there. However, this kid was patently disloyal and ungrateful. At least Dad didn't take his anger out on her personally & I get the sense that he's a good parent and that they'll patch this up and laugh about it some day. Excellent assessment my friend. I just posted this on You Tube: "When my son was 5 yrs old he was my best buddy. Now at 26 he's my best buddy. But, at 15 he did everything I hoped he'd never do. It's a stage kids go through. Teen rebellion is as natural as the ritual combat between juvenile deer and bighorn sheep to prepare for adult combat. And, for the record, I've always maintained that responsible gun owners don't use firearms to solve domestic problems. Let's hope your daughter doesn't emulate you and solve her hard ass daddy problem with your .45." ""Give me control of a nation's guitars and I care not who makes the laws". (Apologies to Mayer Amschel Rothschild)
In the time it took me to refresh the You Tube page my post went from page 13 to page 35. There are now 92 new comments since I post a few minutes ago.
""Give me control of a nation's guitars and I care not who makes the laws". (Apologies to Mayer Amschel Rothschild)
Heh heh heh. You the man,'Dawg.
A hillbilly with a pistol!
"You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle
Good ! We all need a laugh once in awhile. "The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector " Plato.
Thanks my friend.
""Give me control of a nation's guitars and I care not who makes the laws". (Apologies to Mayer Amschel Rothschild)
#2. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
#3. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
#4. To: noone222 (#2)
#5. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
#6. To: RickyJ (#1)
I'm not applauding it. You don't have to act like a kid to punish your kid.
#7. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
#8. To: randge (#6)
#9. To: RickyJ (#1)
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What he did here was very immature even more so than what she did.
#10. To: abraxas, RickyJ (#9)
#11. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
#12. To: noone222 (#2)
Shooting the message and not the messenger !
#13. To: randge (#6)
It's tough to say how this could have been handled better. The use of the firearm was kind of a strong statement
#14. To: randge (#6)
Some kids, in addition to being self-centered (quite normal for American teens) are also pretty dense and intransigent. Looking this video, which my wife played for me this morning, I get the sense that in her case these are inherited traits. I'll bet this kid has inherited her stubborn streak from her old man.
#15. To: All (#14)
#16. To: HOUNDDAWG (#14)
Let's hope your daughter doesn't emulate you and solve her hard ass daddy problem with your .45."
#17. To: Flintlock (#5)
#18. To: christine (#12)
that made me laugh...
#19. To: randge (#16)
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