# Man throws son off boat for crying \[RO\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688 "2011-08-30T22:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/1 "2011-08-30T22:40:35Z")
[Story here](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/father-throws-son-overboard-newport-harbor.html). In essence, inebriated father-of-the-year candidate gets into a fight on a boat with his current girlfriend in front of a couple of his young kids from a former marriage. One kid, a 7-year-old, starts crying and won’t stop. Father reportedly hits kid repeatedly (much to the shock of the other passengers) and threatens to throw him overboard if he doesn’t stop crying. Kid doesn’t stop crying. Father makes good on his threat. Other boaters pull kid out of the harbor to safety. Father also manages to injure a cop in the process of trying to arrest him. I wonder if his ex is planning on revisiting the current custody arrangement… ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/2 "2011-08-30T22:55:33Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I wonder if his ex is planning on revisiting the current custody arrangement… I doubt it. I mean who wants a kid that won’t stop crying even if you beat them or throw them off a boat? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/3 "2011-08-30T23:05:57Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I doubt it. I mean who wants a kid that won’t stop crying even if you beat them or throw them off a boat? I know I wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/4 "2011-08-30T23:22:58Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I doubt it. I mean who wants a kid that won’t stop crying even if you beat them or throw them off a boat? _snort_ ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/5 "2011-08-30T23:41:27Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Other boaters pull kid out of the harbor to safety. Obvious troll is obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/6 "2011-08-31T00:52:56Z")
It’s too bad there wasn’t a good old-fashioned parking garage nearby. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/7 "2011-08-31T01:10:24Z")
Could have been worse. Kid could have be named Fredo. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/8 "2011-08-31T03:17:36Z")
Hey, cut out all the jokes people. There are serious issues here to discuss, and your jokes are taking away from them. If you have nothing productive to say, just don’t post, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/9 "2011-08-31T03:22:39Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Hey, cut out all the jokes people. There are serious issues here to discuss, and your jokes are taking away from them. If you have nothing productive to say, just don’t post, OK? Reported for straying off topic. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/10 "2011-08-31T05:34:10Z")
A great father but a lousy boat captain. What kind of captain lets the passengers pull someone back aboard once he’s thrown them off? ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/11 "2011-08-31T05:39:50Z")
I’ll bet the kid was pissed off. Doesn’t seem like the rescuers gave much time for Daryl Hannah to turn up. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/12 "2011-08-31T06:01:12Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Hey, cut out all the jokes people. There are serious issues here to discuss, and your jokes are taking away from them. If you have nothing productive to say, just don’t post, OK? Absolutely. On that note, I’d like to go on record as saying that drunkenly throwing crying kids off boats is bad. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/13 "2011-08-31T06:23:57Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > I’ll bet the kid was pissed off. > > Doesn’t seem like the rescuers gave much time for Daryl Hannah to turn up. I believe Daryl Hannah was under arrest in Washington, DC at the time. Or at least, in synchronous-story internet time. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/14 "2011-08-31T06:29:32Z")
Bad? The kid got a swimming lesson… a survival lesson… multiple first person examples of the kindness of strangers… a lesson on the dangers of public drunkenness… a boxing lesson… lessona on the procedures of first responders and police… a family court experience… AND of being a minor celebrity in the press! I can’t think of a better learning experience for a child to have, assuming he survives it. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/15 "2011-08-31T06:31:15Z")
He probably said the same thing my dad said, “I’ll teach you to cry!” “And swim, at the same time!” ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/16 "2011-08-31T06:57:57Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Obvious troll is obvious. I laugh-snorted. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/17 "2011-08-31T07:59:25Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Absolutely. On that note, I’d like to go on record as saying that drunkenly throwing crying kids off boats is bad. It’s OK if you’re sober, though. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/18 "2011-08-31T08:55:34Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Father also manages to injure a cop in the process of trying to arrest him. That’s the first rule they teach you in police academy: never resist being arrested by a drunken father who’s just thrown his son in the water. I bet Internal Affairs is on that cop’s thin blue ass. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/19 "2011-08-31T12:15:39Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Hey, cut out all the jokes people. There are serious issues here to discuss, and your jokes are taking away from them. If you have nothing productive to say, just don’t post, OK? What are you gonna do, throw me off of the boat? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/20 "2011-08-31T14:27:46Z")
I hope the kid was wearing a pfd. Boating is supposed to be fun, it ain’t when there’s an asshole at the helm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688.md?page=2)