"Screams" repeated use? Well there's an exaggeration. I know plenty of people who have smoked casually with friends who have only done so once. Is this hard to believe or something?Aegis wrote:And the fact that the kid was found smoking the stuff with two of his friends casually like an experienced pro screams repeated use. There's no excuse for what the son did; regardless of the legality of the drug in general (which is, in fact, constantly changing and is STILL viewed by police as being illegal regardless of the bills passed), he was too young to smoke and he did so on his father's property. Really, the father could've gone the more violent route, and THAT would be overreacting.Shinji103 wrote:That is, of course, assuming he does this repeatedly. And I'm sure that "lung cancer doesn't make for a happy Christmas season either" applies to every single other human being on the planet who smokes.
As far as the method of discipline goes, deny the son his gift AND humiliate him at the same time. GENIUS.
"Genius," eh? Hah. Right.
The mere fact that this guy put the item on Ebay, instead of simply returning the game at the store where he bought it, is rather questionable.
But my words are most likely falling on deaf ears, as things like this are just excused as "adult >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kid" regardless of the circumstances, unless it involves physical violence or some other kind of serious crime. Oh, and deliberately humiliating your kid is NOT being a good parent btw. And before anybody bothers to say an arrest would be humiliating, he's obviously NOT under arrest, so that's a completely moot point in this particular matter.