# What do you do when a bunch of kids hit your daughter with a snowball?  Whack 'em

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [February 25, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512 "2003-02-25T23:59:03Z")
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### 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: [February 25, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/1 "2003-02-25T23:59:03Z")

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[Nothing like a drive-by to even the score!](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=533&e=5&cid=533&u=/ap/20030225/ap_on_re_us/snowball_shooting)

It’s touching to find a parent so protective of his child. :eek:

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### Author: ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/2 "2003-02-26T00:00:45Z")

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I heard this on the radio this morning. I have no words to describe how fucked up it is.

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### Author: ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/3 "2003-02-26T00:03:53Z")

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Jesus H. Christ! Someone’s got serious rage issues. I hope they fry him.

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### Author: ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/4 "2003-02-26T00:33:14Z")

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Come on now, let’s not rush to judgment until we know all the facts…nah, we can rush on this one. Unfucking believable.

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### Author: ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/5 "2003-02-26T00:49:39Z")

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WTF is wrong with people?

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### Author: ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/6 "2003-02-26T00:50:45Z")

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That Dar Williams sure sings pretty!

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Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore.

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### Author: ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/7 "2003-02-26T01:05:17Z")

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I hope the little girl who was shot turns out okay. Mostly so I won’t feel so guilty for finding this hilarious.

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### Author: ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/8 "2003-02-26T02:17:05Z")

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Figures it’s Philly. Back in the last blizzard people were getting shot over shovelled parking spaces. It’s a badass town, I lived there ten years.  
Stupid world. It is a shame innocent kids get caught in it.

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### 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: [February 26, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/9 "2003-02-26T02:32:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Miller \*  
> \*\*I hope the little girl who was shot turns out okay. Mostly so I won’t feel so guilty for finding this hilarious. \*\*

I feel the same way. If it wasn’t real, it would be an SNL skit. It has this quality of over-the-top black humor.

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### Author: ![Rotten\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@Rotten\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rotten_Candy)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/10 "2003-02-26T02:38:28Z")

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Gee, what a great example to set for your kid.

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### Author: ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/11 "2003-02-26T02:46:22Z")

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**Boyo Jim** , “black humor”??

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### Author: ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/12 "2003-02-26T02:49:14Z")

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Yeah, black humor. Dark comedy. Like _Very Bad Things_ or something.

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### 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: [February 26, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/13 "2003-02-26T02:50:38Z")

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Oh MAN, that is seriously fucked up.

Sounds like these people were hit in the head with snowballs a few too many times.

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### Author: ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/14 "2003-02-26T02:57:59Z")

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That is just fucking psychotic.

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### Author: ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/15 "2003-02-26T03:12:18Z")

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:eek:

no words.

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### 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: [February 26, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/16 "2003-02-26T03:16:57Z")

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**Miller** , your comment has inspired me to start another thread, [The Inappropriate humor poll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=165668).

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### Author: ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/17 "2003-02-26T04:02:08Z")

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I bet they learned their lesson.

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### Author: ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-a-bunch-of-kids-hit-your-daughter-with-a-snowball-whack-em/157512/18 "2003-02-26T16:35:25Z")

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Stop it **Shagnasty** , you’re making me laugh inappropriately.

This is what blows me away…  
“Best returned to the scene several hours later and fired the shots,”

3 plus hours and he’s still blistering.
