Branding your kids

**Tails** · 06-02-2010, 10:47 AM

Branding Your Kids (Literally): Father Puts Family Stamp on Teenage Boys - Crimesider - CBS News

Seriously.. I want to see your thoughts on this. I just read it in the National Enquirer today, makes me mad how screwed up this guy is.

**Chuck Norris** · 06-02-2010, 10:56 AM

Wow...that's, disturbing. I guess a cellphone or a removable nametag wouldn't suffice

**sabby** · 06-02-2010, 11:20 AM

That guy needs to be locked up. The kids are going to defend their father's decision?!?! I'm sorry, but that is child abuse.

I'm just curious though. If he had custody of the kids, how bad is the ex-wife?

**ZedIsDead** · 06-02-2010, 11:26 AM

Apparently, the kids wanted them. How messed up is that? Still doesn't excuse the father for doing it, thought.

**Tails** · 06-02-2010, 11:28 AM

Kids want anything in that age just to brag. This is something my father would do.

**Chuck Norris** · 06-02-2010, 11:34 AM

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This is something my father would do.

You wouldn't give him consent would you? I mean you are over 18 right?

**Tails** · 06-02-2010, 11:49 AM

I'd be totally against it. But my father is dumb enough to do that.

**RU Joe** · 06-02-2010, 03:05 PM

I still don't understand why this person did this to their kids.
If the intention was to somehow protect their identities, didn't he know about this?
Tracking Junior With a Microchip
Branding is cheaper, I suppose.

It seems like once in a while some parents somewhere do some outrageous things to their kids - and more seldom, we actually hear about it.

I remember one little boy whose parents were religious fanatics, who took the Bible literally {in their individual interpretation - that book is so loosely written you could make it say practically anything you want it to}
and understood it to mean that little boys should only eat lettuce and watermelon?

Needless to say, the kid developed severe dehydration {from the digestive problems} and the parents wouldn't even allow the kid to take vitamins or anything ... because their God 'said so'.

Still, that kid and the ones that got branded should feel lucky they weren't born female in Saudi Arabia.
Let's forget about ritual genital mutilations for a second, and focus on the fanaticism surrounding certain religious attire:

Apparently there was a fire in a town in Saudi Arabia where little girls were trapped inside the burning building.
Their father was trying to get them out of the house, and was prevented from doing so because the girls weren't wearing the proper headgear.
I believe he was stoned to death afterwords for the attempt to rescue his unadorned girls.

My point is, no matter how insane things get in the rest of the World, we can always count on religious fanaticism such as that in Saudi Arabia to make it pale in comparison.

**fungusman** · 06-02-2010, 03:16 PM

America

**RU Joe** · 06-02-2010, 04:00 PM

Canada?

I just had to post this hideously ignorant cartoon.
While we're at it, let's 'bury the hatchet' {that never even existed} , shall we?

Personally, I feel sad and discouraged to hear Americans say bad things about Canada {and vice versa} and for that matter the whole idea of National Identity only serves to keep us divided and arguing over issues of no significance.

Humans are the same no matter where they're from and if you don't believe me, come to Vancouver sometime because we have the whole World here!

But because of the idea of National Identity, there seems to be an unannounced contest between Canada and the U.S. and it makes no sense.

So I am asking all of you lovely sensible people to put aside your non - existent differences, and ignore those smarty - pants
'Demotivational Posters' on the net, because they're older than Rick Roll, and only serve to fuel this foolish fire.

Can we do that, can we just coexist without having to label ourselves and each other and cause people to wonder {as I do} if the persistence of these put downs indicates some REAL hatred?

Speaking collectively about the behavior of millions of people makes no sense in any event, because such a thing is impossible.
{that's a hint to why National Identity is B.S.!}

By the way, I know this is way off topic but is a response to some posts made recently on another thread, and the afflicted parties know who they are.

**samejamesbond** · 06-02-2010, 04:55 PM

That's really messed up, he deserves the slammer.

**Dudebro** · 06-02-2010, 11:28 PM

Send the father to jail, it's child abuse. I didn't see this on the big news sites(could've missed it) but the link appears to be legit. This made me doubt that though-

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I just read it in the National Enquirer today

Don't believe a word of that garbage.

**Tails** · 06-03-2010, 08:12 AM

It's a nice read DB.

**samejamesbond** · 06-03-2010, 08:14 AM

Yeah, but I don't trust all the things they say.

**Tails** · 06-03-2010, 09:19 AM

This article was also on NBC or w/e I posted.

**samejamesbond** · 06-03-2010, 12:03 PM

Alright, I'll take your word for it.

**Dudebro** · 06-03-2010, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Tails

It's a nice read DB.

Sure, as long as you know it's 99% fiction. This particular story seems to be legit but that's an exception.

**Kugyince** · 06-03-2010, 06:16 PM

Shouldn't this thread be merged into the "Anybody BBQing?" thread?

**Dudebro** · 06-03-2010, 06:21 PM

BAZING! I +1 you for that joke even if it's in poor taste.

Speaking of taste, I wonder if the kids were blue rare or well done. I think that would factor into the punishment phase of this.

**Kugyince** · 06-03-2010, 06:24 PM

I prefer mine raw but warm in the middle.

**Demon-Mask** · 06-03-2010, 06:26 PM

But the guy can't get his kids mistaken for others if they are branded.

Why is it okay for cows to be branded, but if the kids asked their father to do this, it is a crime?

**Dudebro** · 06-03-2010, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenser

I prefer mine raw but warm in the middle.

And I think we hit the line!

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Originally Posted by DM

Why is it okay for cows to be branded, but if the kids asked their father to do this, it is a crime?

Because they aren't people? That and it's perfectly legal to own them as property. Branding is older than the US and it was a pretty logical way to keep track of your livestock.
There is no good reason to brand a human.

**Demon-Mask** · 06-03-2010, 06:35 PM

I know it isn't okay to brand a person, and there is no reason to do so anyway, but a brand is the exact same thing as a tattoo.

I figured out the ownership thing you mentioned.
So:
Humans > Cows
Humans own cows.

That almost reminds me of this old logic:
White people > Black people
White people own Black people.

**Dudebro** · 06-03-2010, 06:52 PM

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but a brand is the exact same thing as a tattoo.

Not exactly the same but yeah I get your point. It's illegal and wrong to tattoo a kid too. Adults can give permission to get a tattoo before 18 in some places but it's still not considered "ok" by most people.
I wonder if people get legal brands? I've seen a lot of body mod stuff but no branding. I guess I should google it.

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Humans > Cows
Humans own cows.

That almost reminds me of this old logic:
White people > Black people
White people own Black people.

When cows start communicating and thinking about their existence we'll take about liberating them.

**Kugyince** · 06-03-2010, 06:54 PM

I've seen some branding work before.