# Mommy and daddy are fighting again ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888 "2008-04-11T13:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/1 "2008-04-11T13:50:00Z")
… over how the baby should be raised. Story [here](http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8879794?source=rss). Gosh, it’s good to know parents are so committed to their ideals that they fight over them. The poor kid doesn’t have a chance, does he? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/2 "2008-04-11T13:53:37Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] The poor kid doesn’t have a chance, does he? [/QUOTE] Nope. Makes me feel better, though, that my husband and I really only disagree about things like how much TV is too much. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/3 "2008-04-11T13:55:38Z")
Jeez, isn’t this the kind of thing you want to work out BEFORE you have the baby? Of course, with the way kids are today he will probably become a Vice Lord … or a Shark…or a Cinncinati Bengal. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/4 "2008-04-11T13:56:42Z")
Let me guess - the Crips circumcise, but the Ballers don’t. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/5 "2008-04-11T14:14:35Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Let me guess - the Crips circumcise, but the Ballers don’t. [/QUOTE] I think it has more to do with philosophical differences. They’re both “blood in,” but the Crips are more restrictive on who the victims can be. Ballers have no restrictions, and the vicitim has to die. It’s a serious issue because it affects a persons entire sense of right and wrong. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/6 "2008-04-11T14:15:46Z")
I don’t see what the big deal is. It’s nice to see parents concerned about their kid’s upbringing. My faith in humanity has been yada yada yada. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/7 "2008-04-11T14:21:26Z")
I can’t even joke, that is so fucking sad. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/8 "2008-04-11T14:24:43Z")
This is an issue that Westside Story never addressed. Maybe there could be a sequel where the gangs fall out again and Tony and Maria have to decide… Oh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/9 "2008-04-11T14:28:32Z")
[QUOTE=InappropriateHumor] This is an issue that Westside Story never addressed. Maybe there could be a sequel where the gangs fall out again and Tony and Maria have to decide… [/QUOTE] Um, hate to break this to you, but Tony’s dead. You killed him. You all killed him. Not with bullets and guns. With hate! ---
**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/10 "2008-04-11T16:12:20Z")
If there were any justice in the world, the kid would be taken away from these idiots, and they’d be forcibly sterilized. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/11 "2008-04-11T16:21:20Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Um, hate to break this to you, but Tony’s dead. You killed him. You all killed him. Not with bullets and guns. With hate! [/QUOTE] Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/12 "2008-04-11T16:42:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] I think it has more to do with philosophical differences. They’re both “blood in,” but the Crips are more restrictive on who the victims can be. Ballers have no restrictions, and the vicitim has to die. It’s a serious issue because it affects a persons entire sense of right and wrong. [/QUOTE] Frankly a serious ethical quandary at stake here. You wouldn’t want to raise your kid with the wrong morals and values, now, would you? ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/13 "2008-04-11T16:59:15Z")
The best way to approach the situation would be to invite the crips and the ballers to the rec center and having a lock in, ordering pizza, etc. Then they would all be friends by morning! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/14 "2008-04-11T17:44:38Z")
What I’d really, really like to see in threads like these is a follow-up interview in six months. “Dear mr. Manzanares, in the past six months, about 80.000 people have shared their opinion about your acts on that afternoon in the videostore. We have let you read some of them. Care to comment?” ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/15 "2008-04-11T17:56:50Z")
Forget about what religion to raise your child as, or even what university your child should go to. If you want your child to grow up with all the advantages they can possibly have, you have to pick the right gang… Personally I’d pick the Crips, they have more name recognition, and a larger presence across the US! ---
**Author:** ![Sanity\_Challenged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Sanity\_Challenged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sanity_Challenged)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/16 "2008-04-11T17:57:50Z")
Looks like they could use some [parental counseling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXGgWf2lacM). ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/17 "2008-04-11T19:06:37Z")
Wait a minute, how did two people from different gangs end up parenting a child together anyway? Shouldn’t they automatically hate one another based on principle alone? And if they did decide that they loved each other enough not to bust a cap shouldn’t they have left the gangs to be together? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/18 "2008-04-11T21:05:17Z")
Yikes! Yuppy parents fighting over what prep school the 4 year old will eventually go to… gangster parents fighting over who’ll jump little Pedro in… 🆒 Seriously, I think by the time this kid does jump in - between ages 8 & 10, most likely- Dad will be dead or in prison, and the Baby Mamma can do whatever she wants, after her shift at the video store… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/19 "2008-04-11T21:11:41Z")
As an old-school representive of Grove Street, let me just say: Fuck dem Ballas. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888/20 "2008-04-14T12:58:47Z")
[QUOTE=Maastricht] What I’d really, really like to see in threads like these is a follow-up interview in six months. “Dear mr. Manzanares, in the past six months, about 80.000 people have shared their opinion about your acts on that afternoon in the videostore. We have let you read some of them. Care to comment?” [/QUOTE] Read? You expect the guy to read!? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again/444888.md?page=2)