# Savage?  Yes.  Barbaric?  Probably.  A Good Thing?  DEFINITELY

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 1, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savage-yes-barbaric-probably-a-good-thing-definitely/121933 "2002-08-01T22:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savage-yes-barbaric-probably-a-good-thing-definitely/121933/41 "2002-08-05T00:20:33Z")

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Not to make light of the matter, but it wasn’t like the babysitter had to be rescued from a Rodney King-style beatdown. The tape consist of a flying kick just grazing the sitter, some head smacking, words exchanged and her running away.

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