No direct comment on this case, but I'm going to put in a plug for the Australian novel "The Slap": [link] From the cover blurb: "At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own." The novel follows the repurcussions through eight chapters, each devoted to one of the people at the barbecue. It's also been turned into a miniseries: [link]
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - Mar 20, 2013 9:46:09 pm PDT #15510 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
le nubian - Mar 20, 2013 10:31:32 pm PDT #15511 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I could not get through the miniseries. I saw the first episode, and then I had to bail.
Theodosia - Mar 21, 2013 3:13:37 am PDT #15512 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Some penalty is justified for the baby-slapper -- he's out of control. Even if it's just a suspended sentence with mandatory anger/grief counseling.
Hil R. - Mar 21, 2013 3:18:36 am PDT #15513 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
No direct comment on this case, but I'm going to put in a plug for the Australian novel "The Slap": [link]. From the cover blurb: "At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own."
That happened in one of the early episodes of Mad Men. They were having a party, and one of the guests slapped one of the Draper kids (I think because he was running in the house and crashed into someone, or something) and everyone treats it as if that's perfectly acceptable.
-t - Mar 21, 2013 4:15:12 am PDT #15514 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I feel like I've been seeing a lot of pink in general this season, just like in Penneys and Forever 21, women's dept's wherever. I don't know of a specific place to look.
Those shoes are purty, Consuela, good for you for getting them.
Amy - Mar 21, 2013 4:38:23 am PDT #15515 of 30001
Because books.
The thing about the baby-slapping is hard, because honestly my reaction would have been to just slap him back, in a "Dude, what the fuck is wrong with you, don't touch my kid" way. Which is probably all the retaliation I would have needed to -- a year in jail and losing his job is a little out of proportion to the actual incident.
The racist stuff is just gross, though.
Jessica - Mar 21, 2013 5:23:27 am PDT #15516 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can much more easily forgive slapping the baby than the racial slur.
Wait, seriously? Physical assault is more foregiveable than verbal?
A woman at the Y once smacked Dylan's hand because (in her opinion) he was pushing the elevator button too many times. I smacked her hand back and shouted at her and she ran away. Unfortunately she was wearing a big hat and dark glasses, so I couldn't give the membership office a decent description to have her kicked out.
Consuela - Mar 21, 2013 6:27:56 am PDT #15517 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
David Bowie fans might get a kick out of these photos from the new Bowie exhibit at the V&A Museum in London.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2013 6:54:35 am PDT #15518 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, I think I need to go to London to see that.
Laura - Mar 21, 2013 7:04:44 am PDT #15519 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
A woman at the Y once smacked Dylan's hand because (in her opinion) he was pushing the elevator button too many times. I smacked her hand back and shouted at her and she ran away.
Good for you. Hitting my kid and/or hateful words directed toward my child is going to bring out the mama-bear for sure. I likely wouldn't get police involved, but the perpetrator surely would prefer that to mama's rage.