Owyn_Merrilin said:
You haven't heard one word I've said, so I'm going to say it again: even in a court of law, "No, I didn't do it" is not enough evidence to cast reasonable doubt on a piece of evidence that shows you committing a crime. Now, if that was an isolated incident, you might make a case that it wasn't child abuse. But we can't just take his word that it was, let alone that his daughter was happy with it.
I really don't know whether to laugh or cry.
But here we are, coming back to the same fundamental point that you seem to be hell-bent on ignoring. This video is not a piece of evidence that shows someone committing a crime. Nowhere in this video does the father abuse his daughter by any known lawful metric. You can do all the painfully far-fatched contortions to want to
suspect him of child abuse, but you are going much further than that: you're reaching the point of slander and defamation.
I just genuinely don't understand why you're so desperate to believe this man must be a child-abuser.
I guess in your world, accused murderers, rapists, and thieves can get away with pulling a knife on the victim, grabbing the victim and dragging him/her off to a car, or using the item known to be stolen, on camera, just by saying "no, I didn't do it."
Yes, because clearly my reluctance to convict someone for child abuse on the basis of
zero evidence means I believe an oral refusal of guilt should be sufficient cause for reasonable doubt.
You just broke my hyperbole meter. I hope you're happy.
Because that's all that has happened here: we've got the buildup to, if not the actual commission of a crime on camera, and you're going "well, he says everything's alright, we can trust him!" That's not how innocent until proven guilty works.
He destroyed the laptop he provided to his daughter as a privilege, clearly this is the build-up to child abuse!
He used a gun safely on his own property, clearly this is the build-up to first-degree murder with a firearm!
I want to believe that you're not serious, or that you're just trying to troll people, but sadly I doubt that's the case.
Owyn_Merrilin said:
The National Abuse Hotline said:
AM I BEING ABUSED?
Does your partner:
If his daughter is his partner, then we have some bigger issues. Otherwise, I don't think your list is entirely relevant to a
parent-child relationship. Maybe that's the fundamental issue with your thinking: you believe parent-child relationships should demonstrate the same dynamics as those between independent or co-dependent peers. That is absolutely erroneous, however: a parent carries infinitely more responsibility. Their job is not only to provide for physical needs but also to shape a child emotionally, develop their character, and prepare them for independent life.
Your list is especially hilarious because some of the "abusive behaviours" it includes would actually be expected from a good parent. I.e.:
tries to control what the other person does, who the other person sees or talks to, or where the other person goes
makes the other person ask for money
makes all of the decisions
Oh, look, being a parent.
destroys the other person?s property
intimidates the other person with guns, knives or other weapons
Reality check: neither of those things happened in this video.
This man could be a child abuser, I don't know. If he is, though, it has nothing to do with destroying the laptop he gave to his daughter and recording it. You might murder young women and make meat products out of their corpses, I don't know. Clearly, you're a serial killer because your irrational reasoning and projection mean you must be unbalanced, and are clear indicators of psychopathic behaviour (Google told me so). I may not have direct evidence of a crime, but obviously your posts are just a build-up to one.
I know you're just going to ignore the bulk of what I've said in favour of your own interpretation, though. Maybe if you copy-paste some more alarmist material out of context I'll change my mind.