Forge said:
Sorry, but I disagree. First this guy HIT his kid, and then pushed Dawg. Clearly he is a hothead and needed to be brought down a peg, I would have done the exact same thing Dawg did. The only thing I think he did wrong was he should have called the cops immediately, while the witness (old lady) was there. Keep the guy and his kid there until the cops arrive. The guy might have done this before, in which case the cops would arrest him and take the kid away, keeping him safe.
Good job Dawg, but you should have followed through right away.
Do you remember the case where a woman was caught on VIDEO TAPE violently hitting her toddler about the head while the child was strapped into her carseat?
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
Child protective services could have been called without violence. I am not saying that this guy didn't get what he asked for, what I am saying is that it doesn't make it right.
I thought that we were a bit more evolved than the whole gorilla alpha male thing - might making it right.
I am not saying that I do not understand how Bigdawg reacted... what I am saying is that I don't agree with it... IDENTICAL results could have been reached and the child would not have to have been further traumatized by seeing his father (that scumsucking asshole is loved by that little boy - sadly enough) beaten bloody by a big stranger.
What really pains me most is that I know Bigdawg's heart and it does NOT contain violence and hate. I know he thought he was protecting that child by showing him that SOMEBODY cared enough to intervene. But he did not do that. What he did was teach that child he will be made to suffer until someone bigger and stronger beats his abuser down or that he can only overcome such situations with violence himself.
Bigdawg has the power to influence children far more positively. He has a gift that VERY FEW men possess... and none of it begins or ends with the size of his arms or the strength in his fists.
I am biased because I am the victim of abuse. I must watch my children suffer abuse and can do nothing but sit by idly until the law takes its course. THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO - NOTHING. Except try to fix myself so that I choose no longer to surround myself with abusive people (words can and do sting more than blows sometimes) and support my kids, let them know that I will ALWAYS BE HERE and believe them and will take care of them - but I can do nothing until the law runs its course. Unfortunately, because I was mentally beaten down enough, I shunned the protection of the law in the past. Now we must all wait for him to do something that can not be ignored in order to fix this. I must live with the guilt of knowing that I chose a man like that to father my children...
Even if I did have friends that could give him a beatdown, I WOULD HEATEDLY BE AGAINST IT!
We are all of us afraid of what he will do when we go to court next month (if it is not delayed again). With each passing day he puts more pressure on the kids to not talk to me, not see me, he punishes them for wanting to live with me... We even know that at least one of them took a beating (they all took a verbal beating) for daring to cry to me that her dress for her first holy communion is too small. Magically, none will talk to me, only say, "I love you mami" and "I was wrong mami, the dress is fine." And yes, the court KNOWS THIS... all of it... but nothing can be done until we go to court...
I am anti-violence for a reason.
I don't have any answers.... but I know that violence and abuse are not correct. We must all try to fight negativity with positive action. I am teaching my children love and with the gifts that I have found I AM TRYING to proliferate love and understanding.
Maybe I am too naive... maybe my children are suffering because I am this way. But I can not condone violence.
I am only riding Bigdawg's ass because I care about him... not because I am judging or scolding.
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