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Blue_Tires

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47. A further examination of the case hints pretty strongly at
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 05:53 PM
Sep 2014

Peterson not "disciplining" his sons (because the age of four by all accounts is too young to properly process good/bad behavior and reward/punishment), as opposed to giving them frequent whippings to "harden them up", or some other twisted rite of passage...

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Late night K&R KeepItReal Sep 2014 #1
I agree he shouldn't be allowed to play at this time rpannier Sep 2014 #2
are you a vikings fan or something? santroy79 Sep 2014 #6
No I am not rpannier Sep 2014 #14
so the pictures or the history means nothing to you? santroy79 Sep 2014 #49
I repeat rpannier Sep 2014 #51
Well I hope you never work santroy79 Sep 2014 #57
It isn't only one incident - they've got 2 TBF Sep 2014 #10
First one was investigated. No charges filed rpannier Sep 2014 #15
The thing is the "pattern" - TBF Sep 2014 #18
A Pattern of What rpannier Sep 2014 #19
Your opinion - I think pattern can be shown in the legal sense. TBF Sep 2014 #21
"get the jury to look past the pictures"? What? He said he hit his kid with a stick, pictures uppityperson Sep 2014 #23
good. Adrian Peterson was about to get some special treatment from the Vikings rollin74 Sep 2014 #3
But... But... But Spielman assured us at the Presser those were different rpannier Sep 2014 #4
Good. NealK Sep 2014 #5
Hate to disagree...but.. Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #7
So what 4dsc Sep 2014 #8
I've heard no contrition from Peterson - TBF Sep 2014 #11
Michael Vick's dog-fighting was something he carried from his own childhood LynneSin Sep 2014 #12
You missed post 3#??? The Vikings have historically suspended abusers... Tommymac Sep 2014 #17
You say its a moral issue.... Rhinodawg Sep 2014 #22
This is about sending a message - abuse WILL NOT BE Tolerated. Tommymac Sep 2014 #27
no he gets no forgiveness santroy79 Sep 2014 #50
Like Jimmy Swaggart and all those weeping apologies...not just "sorry" but "sorry I libdem4life Sep 2014 #53
I think people are catching on that in order to play football you must like violence AngryAmish Sep 2014 #9
Steve Young rpannier Sep 2014 #16
Sorry for my dupe Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #13
Once again, money talks CanonRay Sep 2014 #20
I don't need/want any one telling me & my hubby how to raise our two teenage sons skeewee08 Sep 2014 #24
Hitting a 4 year old child with a stick is ABUSE, It is not discipline. Tommymac Sep 2014 #28
And like I said you or anyone else will not tell me how to raise my children skeewee08 Sep 2014 #30
Hit a child, do not pass Go - Go directly to jail. Tommymac Sep 2014 #46
the law places limits on what you can do treestar Sep 2014 #52
actually, child abuse is a legal issue & courts WILL take abused children away wordpix Sep 2014 #54
No one is telling you how to raise them. They're just saying you can't abuse them. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #32
I get that skeewee08 Sep 2014 #35
A further examination of the case hints pretty strongly at Blue_Tires Sep 2014 #47
I'm sorry, but what you just posted is just... wrong. and on so many levels cali Sep 2014 #34
Nope skeewee08 Sep 2014 #36
Hugh???? skeewee08 Sep 2014 #38
as I said, the research conducted on spanking/hitting as a form of discipline is cali Sep 2014 #40
Well we can see how not disciplining kids has worked.. skeewee08 Sep 2014 #43
So much fail in this. CNN, Vikings, Peterson, NFL... my god. apnu Sep 2014 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Sep 2014 #26
Good. This was abuse, not discipline. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #29
Why just the NFL players? skeewee08 Sep 2014 #31
I agree. It should and will set an example for everyone. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #33
You must a read somehting diffrent skeewee08 Sep 2014 #37
He does not say he was sorry for using a switch. He denies that what he did was abuse. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #39
So you want him to apologize for using a switch? skeewee08 Sep 2014 #41
When he stops using weasel words, it will be an apology. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #42
In the state of Texas corporal punishemnt is legal. skeewee08 Sep 2014 #44
Texas indicted Peterson, so apparently this type of corporal punishment is not legal there. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #45
Peterson will receive his full salary ($11.75 Million) former9thward Sep 2014 #48
omg, these players make so much money it's absurd wordpix Sep 2014 #55
Yes, players, actors, entertainers, CEOs former9thward Sep 2014 #56
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