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Georgia scientist pleads guilty to punching girl on ski slopes (41yr old man punches 14yr girl)
ajc.com ^ | 3-9-11

Posted on 03/09/2011 10:48:36 AM PST by rawhide

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To: Paytriot

Pretty much all of it.


141 posted on 03/09/2011 12:49:25 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: metmom

Well said.


142 posted on 03/09/2011 12:50:27 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ml/nj
"I'm going to trust the judgment of the adult on the scene."

The "adult" is not to be trusted if he can't control his emotions. Beating a 14 y.o. for a minor dustup on a ski run does not describe an "adult", it describes a selfish, uncontrollable, bully.

There are many activities that are inherently dangerous with obvious risks involved, skiing is one of them. By all appearances, it appears the "adult" on scene is incapable of understanding that.

There is nothing in this story to indicate that the girl was "guilty of reckless endangerment", that is pure speculation and is not supported by the article.

If this thug was beating my son, the ski patrol would have been removing a corpse.

143 posted on 03/09/2011 12:50:35 PM PST by SZonian (July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
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To: Revolting cat!

Dr. Scott Filler Pleads Guilty


144 posted on 03/09/2011 12:53:44 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: BykrBayb

BykrBayb, You’ve been here on FR for a while. By now I’m sure you’ve realized there are a number of posters who have had negative experiences with women, e.g., divorce, bad relationship, unruly teens, some of which may have ended in violence.

These newspaper articles are like inkblots. Some posters read into them and see all kinds of nefarious motives. You see a 14 year old girl learning to ski who bumps into another kid. Happens every day. They, however, see a 14 year old female punk who obviously was being irresponsible and deserved to be slapped.

Be glad you’re not married to them!


145 posted on 03/09/2011 12:59:19 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: SeeSac; rideharddiefast
And let him get it while in jail or right after he gets out. ~ rideharddiefast

He is not going to jail. ~ SeeSac

I agree with rideharddiefast. He should get anger management in addition to a jail sentence, not in lieu of a jail sentence.

146 posted on 03/09/2011 1:00:09 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: metmom
When my girls were around 7 and 4 years old the landlord where we lived off base kept picking on them for stupid crap. Finally one day I got home from the Army and my wife and girls were crying. He had thrown their bikes in the dumpster and laid his hands on the older one. He ended up dangling head first over the third floor balcony that day crying and promising never to mess with my kids again.

The cops, when they came, saw it my way and I got a "warning". But the warning didn't matter, if he ever laid a hand on my girls again he was going over the balcony. He never did.

Today my girls are are 35 and 39 and the same holds. Anybody lays a hand on them will answer to me.

147 posted on 03/09/2011 1:00:09 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: ml/nj
Absent other facts, I'm going to trust the judgment of the adult on the scene.

You mean the one who had the "good" judgment to get revenge for a perceived injury (which later proved to be nonexistent), by repeatedly punching a little girl in the face? That adult?

148 posted on 03/09/2011 1:03:53 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: ladyjane; BykrBayb
Be glad you’re not married to them!

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No danger of that.

149 posted on 03/09/2011 1:04:28 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: curiosity
This was a bunny slope, which most definitely is a place appropriate for small children.

While I don't know where (or even if) you ski, when I skied years ago, there was a huge difference between a "bunny slope" and a "beginner run". Bunny slopes are appropriate for 4-year-olds; beginner slopes are not.

From the first article linked in a post above:

...had been skiing on a beginner run

150 posted on 03/09/2011 1:05:59 PM PST by Bob
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To: ladyjane
Be glad you’re not married to them!

They should be just as glad. I'm not a little girl. I hit back.

151 posted on 03/09/2011 1:08:48 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: Bob

Sorry, missed your statement that you ski 10-14 days a year. While I haven’t gone skiing in many years, I’m quite sure that the distinction between bunny slopes and beginner runs still exists. The article describes their being on a beginner run - a place that’s definitely not appropriate for 4-year-olds.


152 posted on 03/09/2011 1:10:21 PM PST by Bob
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To: Darren McCarty
I don't give a rat's ass if she's a little girl or not. 14 or 24. Men don't hit women.

I agree with you. My only point is that punching a teenager who just ran over his toddler isn't quite as heinous as punching an innocent little girl. If she actually was a little girl, I would be the first to be calling for him to go to prison. But she's not a little girl, and she wasn't innocent in the matter.

Punching her was still wrong, and he was rightly punished for it. IMHO, his punishment is appropriate and fits his crime. Do you think he deserved to be punished more harshly?

153 posted on 03/09/2011 1:11:18 PM PST by curiosity
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To: trisham
No danger of that.

Ain't that the truth! "Men" like that only marry women and girls who don't defend themselves or have anyone else to defend them.

154 posted on 03/09/2011 1:13:04 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

As I typed your name for the first time today I realized you are NOT Biker Bob. Good grief, I always read your screen name quickly and thought you were a biker guy.


155 posted on 03/09/2011 1:14:07 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Bob
While I haven’t gone skiing in many years, I’m quite sure that the distinction between bunny slopes and beginner runs still exists.

The term "bunny slope" is slang for "beginner run."

156 posted on 03/09/2011 1:15:30 PM PST by curiosity
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To: curiosity

I thought a bunny slope is a very wide, barely inclined training area, often accessed by rope lines. But a beginer’s run is an actual run, marked by a blue circle and all?


157 posted on 03/09/2011 1:17:58 PM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: curiosity

Where are you getting your information? She was a 14 year old girl, and by all accounts was innocent of any wrong-doing. But even if the things you made up were true, he would still deserve jail time for violently assaulting a person.


158 posted on 03/09/2011 1:18:29 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: ladyjane; BykrBayb; Politicalmom; trisham
These newspaper articles are like inkblots. Some posters read into them and see all kinds of nefarious motives. You see a 14 year old girl learning to ski who bumps into another kid. Happens every day. They, however, see a 14 year old female punk who obviously was being irresponsible and deserved to be slapped.

Projection is a b!+*h, ain't it?

159 posted on 03/09/2011 1:20:02 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Labyrinthos; Politicalmom
Who asked for prison time?

Look up the thread. Lots of poeple have.

I think he was sentenced appropriately in the absence of a history for this type of conduct.

I agree with you, and yet I've been called a "disgusting bully" by some people who appear to want to lock him up for life.

160 posted on 03/09/2011 1:20:02 PM PST by curiosity
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