Child Hurt as Man Lobs Computer from Apartment

Yahoo! News ^ | Mon Jul 7, 9:26 AM ET | Reuters

[yonif]

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean man angry with his daughter's Web surfing faced possible charges on Monday after he threw a computer monitor out of his 12th-floor apartment, hitting a four-year-old girl below on the head, police said.

A police official said the man, 49-year-old Park Yong-ju, had got angry when he returned to his flat in Seoul on Saturday. His 20-year-old daughter was playing an online computer game and failed to greet him, as Korean custom requires.

When she declined to let him join the game, he grabbed the monitor and flung it through the balcony window, the official said by telephone.

The screen hit four-year-old Han Jung-in, causing severe facial injuries but no brain damage, a hospital official said.

"She was very lucky, considering the severity of the accident," the official said. The girl was in a stable condition.

About 55 percent of South Korean households have at least one computer, and the country has the largest number of high-speed broadband Internet connections per capita in the world.

Police said an arrest warrant had been issued and further investigations were under way. Under the South Korean legal system, police ask prosecutors to issue warrants.

[Zavien Doombringer]

[SouthernFreebird]

Good thing I live on ground level....LOL

[Sunshine Sister]

I think Pop is just a tad high strung. Maybe he should change to decaf.

[nothingnew]

"We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore!!"

FMCDH

[sfvgt]

idiot!

[CFW]

When she declined to let him join the game, he grabbed the monitor and flung it...

Ah, the truth comes out! That's what he was really ticked off at. He wanted to play and she wouldn't give up the controller.

[bedolido]

I have been that angry... but usually it's because I'm waiting for my puter to respond from the idiot ISP...

[11th Earl of Mar]

I feel like doing the same thing when MSN Messenger is 'temporarily unavailable.'

[Amelia]

Those anger management classes might help....

[squidly]

*I think Pop is just a tad high strung. Maybe he should change to decaf.*

Not all that unusual for Korea. Women there are expected to show a great amount of deferential respect to men, especially when the breadwinner is returning home.

[Sunshine Sister]

When I read stuff like this, I'm so glad I was born in this country. Defference indeed. What happens if the family is being carried by a female worker. Does she get the same "deference" as a man would?

[squidly]

No.

Let me relate this story. A buddy of mine married a Korean girl, not an immigrant, but a real Korean. (He was in the Army). Se was like his servant.... when he came home from work, she had a hot bath ready for him, gave him a massage, and had a hot meal for him when he came out of the hot bath.
Her father went to my buddy and asked him "Do you love my daughter?" Buddy said yes. "So why don't you hit her?" asked the father. Apparently, the Korean girl had gone to daddy telling him that her husband must not love her because he didn't hit her. Whole different culture over there.
So it's easy to see that the girl refusing to acknowledge her father when he came home is, in that culture, a grievous lack of respect.

[js1138]

tad high strung

Is tthat his name? ;^)

[Sunshine Sister]

Nah...........to many syllables! You made me laugh though!

[Sunshine Sister]

Unfreakin' real! Again, I state how much I appreciate American culture!

[Scenic Sounds]

Those anger management classes might help....

Believe it or not, there was a time when I probably needed them. Fortunately, I never did any permanent damage to anyone.

I think we gain perspective and mellow a bit with time. ;-)

[rolling_stone]

Hmm maybe he should have thrown something else out the window....

[squidly]

Could be, just relaying information. I report, you decide. :-)