would you beat the crap out of this kids mom if you saw this.

[BenKenobi88]

slacker164 said:

Yay for media sensationalism. Ever get sprayed by a car wash hose? It doesn't hurt much more than a super soaker. Also the video details the max pressure. There is a low setting on those things that doesn't even sting. No way to tell what it was set on from the video. The video also doesn't show anything that led up to the spraying. It's no excuse for serious abuse, but if the kid was seriously misbehaving, squirting them on the low pressure(rinse) setting is hardly cruel.

If the pressure was set to high and the kid didn't really do anything, that is pretty bad. We don't have that information though. Of course, it must be all true and the worst case scenario if it's on the news though! Sort of reminds me of that Gummi di Milo Simpsons episode.

It's possible that it was set on the highest pressure(which still isn't much worse than an old fashioned spanking), but I'm not ready to damn someone to hell without knowing the most important facts that were skipped over the report.

@CaptainPrefrences

A firehose is a totally different beast. You would dent the hell out of a car with a firehose. Car wash hose pressure isn't even close.

You're one of the people I'm complaining about.

A) Those hoses were pretty strong.  OBVIOUSLY no fire hose, but it would suck to get blasted in the face with one, especially a little child.

B) It's a CHILD.  The parent is a DOUCHE.  Hell if it was just a garden hose it'd still be cruel if you're just blasting water in the kid's face just for the hell of it.  Maybe that wouldn't be so news-worthy, but the point is it definitely is a sign of further abuse at home.  I saw someone a few buildings down from my work yell at her kid and give him a really hard push into the backseat of their car because he was misbehaving and whining.  She was screaming at the top of her lungs.  I didn't say anything, I don't want to meddle in others' lives, but if you see signs of serious abuse, you really should call it in, there are stupid, messed up parents out there who don't take the fragility of children seriously.