# Witness child abuse in almost real time **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316 "2001-07-13T02:56:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316/41 "2001-07-13T11:40:17Z")
I disagree **Techie**. The OP was annoying, but that could have been forgiven, had the twerp simply answered the question “What are you talking about?” which was asked no less than 7 times before he even posted a link (although he responded like a jerk several times in between). He wasn’t attacked until after his third contentless post. And the twerp responded with such witty comments as > [@](#): > > Jeez, do I have to think of everything? and > [@](#): > > This thread will end up with a high post count, I can assure you, when more people see this. If the asshole had just answered the question (“What are you talking about?”) instead of playing coy, this digression would never have happened (and he _still_ hasn’t answered the question “What did you find so disturbing about it?”). Fenris ---
**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316/42 "2001-07-13T13:05:13Z")
I watched the show. I can handle a lot but child abuse is a weak spot for me. It’s a real shame that it took so long for the kids to be removed from that evil fucking bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316/43 "2001-07-13T13:11:48Z")
I would comment further, but this thread has grown far too unfriendly. It makes me sad, once again. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316/44 "2001-07-13T16:39:12Z")
We stayed up and watched this show last night, and it was quite eye-opening. What I found really thought-provoking was the way the “mother” presented things so differently from what was actually going on. My fiance and I stayed up way past our bedtime discussing whether or not she was actually crazy, or just a manipulative, lazy, horrible person. What floored me the most is how this woman always had excuses for what she did, how she took almost no responsibility for her actions, and how she never seemed to understand that she was doing anything wrong. Very tenuous connection with reality, I guess. (And a question that was never answered - where was the divorced husband in all of this?) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316/45 "2001-07-13T19:06:56Z")
[An Appropriate Thread For Nothing But Net](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77920) has been started to redirect this “unfriendly” hijack. Sorry to have made anyone sad. :rolleyes: Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316/46 "2001-07-13T20:04:27Z")
Why, Esprix. By the use of the “unfriendly” and “sad” in your post, it appears to some that you are you referring to my post - is that so? You simply _must_ elaborate - if so. And if so, isn’t the rolling of eyes intended as a rude gesture? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316/47 "2001-07-13T20:16:40Z")
I’m sorry, **Anthracite** , but I’ve been instructed by a Moderator to “either keep [my] comments to the spirit of the OP or find an appropriate thread.” So if you’d like to continue this discussion in a more appropriate thread, I’d be happy to oblige you. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316/48 "2001-07-14T01:41:03Z")
Guess not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-child-abuse-in-almost-real-time/72316.md?page=2)