AP is NFL’s Winston Smith
I wouldn’t use corporal punishment but I would not criticize a parent who as a last resort occasionally spanks a child. However, Adrian Peterson beat his child (one of many that he does not have custody of) with an object that broke the skin in multiple places - including the genitals - and the wounds were still evident a week later. Child abuse, plain and simple. Throw him in prison.
Apparently Ian didn’t see the pics in which the stripes on that boy’s legs look like results of a slave whipping.
The narrow issue: Adrian Peterson did go over the top and use WAY too much force on a four-year old IMO.
The broader issue: The usual suspects have glommed onto this to push their long-coveted goal of Swedish-style anti-spanking legislation.
Particularly since “spare the rod and spoil the child” thinking comes out of that unenlightened, backwards Bible and all.
Just my humble opinions here. Adrienne Peterson appears to have injured a child who was too young to learn any lesson from such punishment. Probably severely enough that he should have been charged.
But he also appears to have believed it was the right thing to do. Was it malice or just ignorance? I think the latter.
As for the NFL I think it’s barely their business, and it’s really upsetting that people think it’s appropriate to destroy these people’s incomes so their families (the victims) will suffer.
Where did this idea come from that it is in any way good to stop a domestic abuser from having a job?
Ian needs to look at the pictures. There’s no question Peterson crossed the line, the only question are how far on the wrong side did he go and was it deliberate.