# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/21 "2011-08-31T14:29:52Z")
I think the father just wanted the boy to be his chum. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/22 "2011-08-31T14:41:20Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Reported for straying off topic. Reported for excessive reporting. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/23 "2011-08-31T14:58:43Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Father makes good on his threat. A threat is empty if you aren’t prepared to make good on it. ---
**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, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/24 "2011-08-31T14:59:29Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Reported for excessive reporting. Too late. I already reported myself for that. Reported for wasting the moderator’s time. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/25 "2011-08-31T15:31:38Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Too late. I already reported myself for that. > Reported for wasting the moderator’s time. Mods have said they appreciate multiple reports. Reported for filing an unwarranted report. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/26 "2011-08-31T15:40:06Z")
The little onion cutter should have known it was coming. Fer christsakes that’s why his father named him Bob. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/27 "2011-08-31T15:48:22Z")
_scribbles in notebook_ Do NOT throw child off of parking garage. Do NOT throw child off of boat. I can still throw my kid off of horses, out of cars, and off of cliffs though right? ---
**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 31, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/28 "2011-08-31T15:52:03Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > _scribbles in notebook_ > Do NOT throw child off of parking garage. > Do NOT throw child off of boat. > > I can still throw my kid off of horses, out of cars, and off of cliffs though right? Oh, sure. But it goes a lot easier for you if you kill all the witnesses, too. I mean, BEFORE word gets out. ---
**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 31, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/29 "2011-08-31T15:56:43Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > 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. Cut me some slack. I’m barely a 17th-generation immigrant. I’m still working out the language kinks. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/30 "2011-08-31T16:05:03Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > _scribbles in notebook_ > Do NOT throw child off of parking garage. > Do NOT throw child off of boat. > > I can still throw my kid off of horses, out of cars, and off of cliffs though right? If the alternative is subjecting others to the whiny brats crying? Goferit. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/31 "2011-08-31T16:05:26Z")
There have been several very insightful posts so far… but I feel I’d like to add that… 1. Boating while drunk is often illegal, so there’s his first mistake 2. Getting into an argument while drunk is stupid 3. Getting into an argument in front of children is reprehensible 4. Hitting a kid is cruel and unforgiveable 5. Threatening to throw a child overboard for crying would probably produce the opposite of the desired effect, so really stupid 6. Throwing a child off of a boat is illegal and unforgiveable 7. Letting other people rescue your own child for you is lazy and cruel 8. Assaulting a police officer is REALLY stupid and illegal 9. Doing all of this in front of witnesses requires massive, massive balls. Balls so large they probably sink boats. Does anyone know if the boat sank afterwards?? Cats may have nine lives, but this guy has nine-times the stupidity of a regular man. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/32 "2011-08-31T16:09:37Z")
What do you want to bet the idiot girlfriend sees nothing wrong with his behavior and sticks with him? When I was eight I had a friend whose father was like this. Always angry and spoiling for a fight, never spoke when he could shout, frightening the children to tears and then calling them “Goddamned bawl babies” when they cried. And if he was losing an argument with his wife, he’d slap her. And that was the end of the argument. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/33 "2011-08-31T16:12:53Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > There have been several very insightful posts so far… but I feel I’d like to add that… > > 1. Boating while drunk is often illegal, so there’s his first mistake > 2. Getting into an argument while drunk is stupid > 3. Getting into an argument in front of children is reprehensible > 4. Hitting a kid is cruel and unforgiveable > 5. Threatening to throw a child overboard for crying would probably produce the opposite of the desired effect, so really stupid > 6. Throwing a child off of a boat is illegal and unforgiveable > 7. Letting other people rescue your own child for you is lazy and cruel > 8. Assaulting a police officer is REALLY stupid and illegal > 9. Doing all of this in front of witnesses requires massive, massive balls. Balls so large they probably sink boats. Does anyone know if the boat sank afterwards?? > > Cats may have nine lives, but this guy has nine-times the stupidity of a regular man. Only 8 times stupid. Drunk dad was a passenger on a tour boat - not the captain. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/34 "2011-08-31T16:19:48Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I laugh-snorted. I don’t get it…😕 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/35 "2011-08-31T16:20:13Z")
Now THAT’S an anchor baby. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/36 "2011-08-31T16:57:58Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Now THAT’S an anchor baby. 😃 I realize you aren’t fishing for compliments, but that made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/37 "2011-08-31T18:33:59Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > 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. Ahh, the infamous “stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about!” post-slap pre-spanking peptalk! I remember that one! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/38 "2011-08-31T18:53:47Z")
Oh sure, it seems bad now but years from now the dad and the kid will be laughing about it. “Hey Dad, remember when I was 7 and you threw me off that boat for crying?” “Yeah, I remember that. Har har har…” “BLAM!” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/39 "2011-08-31T19:03:23Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Now THAT’S an anchor baby. Thats not funny at all. Thats just sick and irresponsible. You know how hard it is to get blood and pieces of flesh off of coral?! Won’t something think of the children parts strewn around the ocean? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-throws-son-off-boat-for-crying-ro/594688/40 "2011-08-31T21:26:47Z")
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