# Aransas Cty (TX) judge beats daughter for downloading from the Internet (2004 incident) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577 "2011-11-02T01:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/1 "2011-11-02T01:41:20Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl9y3SIPt7o&feature=youtu.be&t=58s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl9y3SIPt7o&feature=youtu.be&t=58s) ---
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/2 "2011-11-02T01:42:20Z")
spread this around ---
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/3 "2011-11-02T01:43:29Z")
wrong forum. Sorry. Please move. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/4 "2011-11-02T02:05:40Z")
I guess what I don’t understand is why would he tape it? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/5 "2011-11-02T02:24:17Z")
> [@zeno](#): > > wrong forum. Sorry. Please move. Moved from General Questions to MPSIMS. Not sure if that’s where you meant to put it. **samclem** , Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Consensus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@Consensus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consensus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/6 "2011-11-02T02:36:42Z")
What a nasty person, he’s putting everything he has got in those belt lashings. Think I even felt some of those. And that sadistic desire for submission, that really gave me cold chills down my spine. I don’t care what she did wrong or what she pulled of the internet, this is just plain wrong. > [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > I guess what I don’t understand is why would he tape it? I don’t think the ‘judge’ is taping, his daughter is. Good for her, hope she’s doing fine. ---
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/7 "2011-11-02T02:58:04Z")
Aransas, not Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/8 "2011-11-02T04:00:41Z")
The guys a piece of crap IMHO, no child, no person, should be treated that way. As far as the girl goes, I applaud her courage, but I worry that nothing good will come of her posting this. It is obvious to me that this guy has no problem going after her and would be happy to have her prosecuted under wiretapping laws. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/9 "2011-11-02T04:07:42Z")
Whoa, what the fuck is going on here? That’s really fucked up. ☹ Kind of surprised it’s up on YouTube still. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/10 "2011-11-02T04:25:06Z")
My state. So far I haven’t heard anything on our local tv news. That will probably change very soon. Worth noting he’s listed as a county judge. Those are elected here. He’s not listed on the 2012 primary next May. [http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Arkansas\_judicial\_elections,\_2012](http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Arkansas_judicial_elections,_2012) If this video is proven true he could certainly be recalled. His seat. [http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Aransas\_County\_Court\_at\_Law,\_Texas](http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Aransas_County_Court_at_Law,_Texas) ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/11 "2011-11-02T04:31:08Z")
Haha, for sure he’s f\*\*ked now. This is going to explode. What was she downloading anyway, the Communist Manifesto? ---
**Author:** ![reddog\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@reddog\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reddog_1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/12 "2011-11-02T04:41:57Z")
Some people in the youtube comment section are saying it’s okay because hey they were beat too, and they turned out fine. Interesting viewpoint and I don’t think all physical punishment = bad. Or at least I don’t think spanking should get your kids taken away. This is wrong in my opinion though. Sick actually. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/13 "2011-11-02T04:44:52Z")
Well, reading between the lines of her description, “for using the internet to acquire music and games that were unavailable for legal purchase at the time”, she was illegally downloading music and games, it sounds like. This will probably hurt him, but on the other hand, it’s Aransas County, Texas. Whooping kids with a belt isn’t entirely unknown down there. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/14 "2011-11-02T04:48:34Z")
Ten to one he had an erection while he was beating her. I couldn’t watch more than a few seconds of that video. He should be slowly tortured to death. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/15 "2011-11-02T04:55:57Z")
Just realized this Judge isn’t an Arkansas judge. He is a judge in Aransas County Texas. Close spelling but definitively not in my state. Note the spelling in the judges seat link I provided earlier. Even judgepedia spells it Aransas. Here is the Aransas county web site. Like everyone else, I thought someone misspelled Arkansas. [http://www.aransascountytx.gov/main/](http://www.aransascountytx.gov/main/) Still, it’s a terrible crime and I hope the guy is recalled from his seat. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/16 "2011-11-02T05:24:12Z")
> [@reddog\_1](#): > > Some people in the youtube comment section are saying it’s okay because hey they were beat too, and they turned out fine. Interesting viewpoint and I don’t think all physical punishment = bad. Or at least I don’t think spanking should get your kids taken away. > > This is wrong in my opinion though. Sick actually. You ever read the comments at youtube? They’re not actually honor roll level. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/17 "2011-11-02T05:25:33Z")
Good god in heaven. Your kid is downloading illegal videos and games? Take away the computer. Or ground them. Or assign extra chores or something. But you DON’T beat a teenager with a belt while screaming obscenities at them and saying things like “You should be out of the fucking house.” Nice language pal. I swear a lot too, but I wouldn’t do it while disciplining my kids. I don’t even have kids and I know that much. Christ, that sort of reaction to questionable downloading? Is that the same thing as armed robbery now? “Bend over on your fucking stomach, NOW! NOW GODDAMMIT!” Yeah, that’s good parenting. He probably says that to the wife a lot too. ---
**Author:** ![reddog\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@reddog\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reddog_1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/18 "2011-11-02T05:36:00Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You ever read the comments at youtube? They’re not actually honor roll level. True true. I shouldn’t have let everyone know I read those. 😛 Just thought it was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/19 "2011-11-02T05:42:30Z")
Huh, so the RIAA really does control the American judiciary… who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/20 "2011-11-02T05:49:47Z")
If he runs again, I predict he will be re-elected in a landslide. He will not face any criminal charges for beating his daughter (also, I wonder what the statute of limitation is for assault or battery or child abuse). There will be some pro forma investigation by whatever child welfare system Texas has, and nothing will be done by them either. The net result will be that he destroys her video camera and then beats her again. This is one of those times where I’m glad guns are easy to get a hold of. She should get one, and shoot him if he ever comes at her like that again. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577.md?page=2)