(June 24, 2012 at 6:42 am)Zen Badger Wrote: I agree with Brian on this, whilst the man's reaction is understandable( speaking as a father of five girls).Thank you. Everyone including people like me who don't have kids. But any sane person understands WHY the father did it. But again, this should be the exception, not the norm.
You can't have people exacting revenge ad hoc.
Otherwise we would be like Pakistan and Afganistan etc where the tribal elders will have someone executed on the slimmest evidence for the flimsiest of excuses.
And how many times have we here condemned the perpetrators of those crimes.
Having had an entire private school hate me and accuse me of throwing a rock at a car, which I did not do, and having them all, staff included, hate me because I didn't confess to it, which ended a playground day only an hour into it, it sucks when no one believes you. The truth was that the tire kicked up the rock, it was not thrown. The driver assumed I had thrown it.
All it takes is an assumption or an out right lie, even not involving a crime, presuming guilt can get innocent people hurt.
