# Worst Father in History **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 12, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365 "2014-08-12T12:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/1 "2014-08-12T12:53:59Z")
[Man posts photo of his seven-year-old holding a severed head to instagram](http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/12/world/asia/australia-boy-severed-head-syria/index.html?hpt=hp_c2) Jesus fucking Christ, I’ve seen insane terrorists, but this is a whole new level. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/2 "2014-08-12T12:58:13Z")
Well, c’mon now, he’s seven. You don’t expect him to be strong enough to hold up a whole body, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/3 "2014-08-12T12:59:04Z")
I just see a kid holding a black square. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/4 "2014-08-12T13:01:22Z")
Who’s head is it, a teacher, the kid’s coach? Indeed, that is very sick. ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/5 "2014-08-12T13:07:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Who’s head is it, a teacher, the kid’s coach? > Indeed, that is very sick. Not sure–the Australian father relocated his family to the middle east (Syria, I think?) to join in the fighting. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/6 "2014-08-12T13:17:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Who’s head is it, a teacher, the kid’s coach? > Indeed, that is very sick. According to [this report](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11307172), a Syrian soldier. The father, Khaled Sharrouf, has been variously reported as a “convicted terrorist”, “drug addict” and schizophrenic, but without much as yet in the way of details. It does appear he managed to get from Australia to Iraq, and eventually Syria, late last year on a brother’s passport. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/7 "2014-08-12T13:21:41Z")
And all I’ve got is pictures of me holding up the trout after my dad took me fishing. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/8 "2014-08-12T14:03:01Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > And all I’ve got is pictures of me holding up the trout after my dad took me fishing. Was it an infidel trout? If so, you’re good. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/9 "2014-08-12T14:12:04Z")
Not to worry. The article says that the father has received condemnation. I’m wondering if the head belongs to the guy that was in front of the kid when he was waiting to get an apple pie at Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/10 "2014-08-12T14:13:07Z")
Hutton Gibson, no longer Australia’s preeminent religious wack-job dad. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/11 "2014-08-12T14:20:21Z")
[Stalin](http://gawker.com/5863245/no-stalin-was-not-really-such-a-good-dad) probably still holds the title for “Worst Father In History”, even if you disregard the effects of daddy being a mass murderer. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/12 "2014-08-12T14:53:43Z")
Good for him. Time was kids that age would _all_ be out learning a trade. Though probably not headshrinking. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/13 "2014-08-12T15:09:19Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > [Stalin](http://gawker.com/5863245/no-stalin-was-not-really-such-a-good-dad) probably still holds the title for “Worst Father In History”, even if you disregard the effects of daddy being a mass murderer. I think Ivan the Terrible is definitely a candidate too. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/14 "2014-08-12T15:11:10Z")
Doesn’t every father want their son to get a head in life? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/15 "2014-08-12T15:15:39Z")
What about fathers who abandon their child _in utero_? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/16 "2014-08-12T15:41:02Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > [Stalin](http://gawker.com/5863245/no-stalin-was-not-really-such-a-good-dad) probably still holds the title for “Worst Father In History”, even if you disregard the effects of daddy being a mass murderer. Dude, _THAT_ guy’s a dick! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/17 "2014-08-12T15:58:56Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > I think Ivan the Terrible is definitely a candidate too. And Peter the Great. Must be something in the water over there . . . ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/18 "2014-08-12T16:08:28Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Not to worry. The article says that the father has received condemnation. > > I’m wondering if the head belongs to the guy that was in front of the kid when he was waiting to get an apple pie at Burger King. > [@lieu](#): > > Doesn’t every father want their son to get a head in life? /tie ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/19 "2014-08-12T17:20:29Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > What about fathers who abandon their child _in utero_? That’s pretty damn precocious. I didn’t know one could even _be_ a father _in utero_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365/20 "2014-08-12T17:27:14Z")
I say Cronus is the worst father ever. Even Stalin didn’t eat his own kids. Probably. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-father-in-history/695365.md?page=2)