Vikings RB Adrian Peterson indicted for child abuse; deactivated for Pats game at Minnesota

too bad. i wanted to see our defense tested against the best

I guess Minnesota will try to throw it more now peterson is out? Our pass D was actually pretty good last week.

Fencer said:

Holy crap. That's a lot worse than it seemed based on the pictures.

By the way, switches don't "wrap"; only flexible things like belts or whips do. I suspect Peterson of using more than one harsh instrument to hit the kid with.

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I believe the boy stated that his dad liked belts and branches.. and has a "whooping room".

Who is their back up

Rob0729 said:

I got the belt once when I got caught shoplifting at age 10, but it was one or two hits over my clothes and not at full strength. My father still feels guilty about it to this day.

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When I was very little, I thought it would be hilarious to use a pretty bad curse word on my mom. My dad spanked me. That did zilch except create resentment that went away within hours. What stays with me right to this day, is the look on my mom's face when I dropped that bomb. Ive never forgotten it.

Physical force doesn't teach. A parent's love and example does.

shmessy said:

Idiotic on multiple levels:

1) What does that teach the child? "Don't do something because I'm going to get hit". It should be about "Don't do something because it is WRONG".

2) You trust EVERY PARENT just because they are a parent? What if the parent is a complete psychopath? They have the right to hit their kid just because they procreated?

3) Ground the kid. Take away their electronics. How about TALK to the kid? (unless the parent is a complete imbecile and doesn't know how to mold their own child with his/her words or example).

Resorting to force against a small child is done because of the absence of a working brain.

In no way do I support lack of discipline. My kids get away with NOTHING. They know that if they step out of line they are going to lose something they want. If that doesn't do it, they know that dad is going to embarrass them by showing off my cool dance moves in front of their friends.

I never have to lay a hand on them.

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You don't have to agree with me, but to call my opinion "idiotic" is crossing the line, especially since it's not related to football. Half the county probably agrees with you, the other half may agree with me. It's just a difference in opinion. I would think you would know better as a moderator.

BradyFTW! said:

Eh, it's the internet. Every online community has a token handful of people who will defend literally any action.

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Unfortunate, but so true.

QB12 said:

Wrong. He has been charged. That's what an indictment is.

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Maybe you know more than I do about this, but IIRC an indictment is examining the validity of the charges to see if it can stand in court, correct?

Crappy circumstances of why he isn't playing but maybe next time punish your 4 year old with a firm hand to the backside a few times instead of whipping him with an object.

MrNathanDrake said:

too bad. i wanted to see our defense tested against the best

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Not me.

Alleged Multiple murderer. Indicted
Alleged Child abuser. Indicted.
Admitted Wife Beater. Whatever.
These are just the cases that come to mind quickly...and make one wonder how large the iceberg might be of which they are the tip.

In literature there is the concept of a "willing suspension of disbelief" that is sometimes required of the reader.

I'm starting to feel that I have to suspend my moral compass before I watch an NFL game...and no doubt other professional sports as well.

I long ago decided that I would stop investing emotionally in star athletes pr having off-the-field expectations of those for whom I cheered on the field; I decided that I would compartmentalize my admiration of their talent on the field from my concerns about their behavior off the field as long as they were not "in my face" about it...sort of my own version of a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy applied to the star athletes.

I'm starting to feel that I might not be able to do that any more.

For the first time since I was thrilled as a kid to watch Norm Van Brocklin, Chuck Bednarik and the Eagles 1960 NFL Championship Team play at the old Franklin Field in Philadelphia...for the first time...I'm really not sure I care what happens this Sunday and that I might actually have better things to do than hang on the outcome of the games.

shmessy said:

When I was very little, I thought it would be hilarious to use a pretty bad curse word on my mom. My dad spanked me. That did zilch except create resentment that went away within hours. What stays with me right to this day, is the look on my mom's face when I dropped that bomb. Ive never forgotten it.

Physical force doesn't teach. A parent's love and example does.

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that's your experience. other's have a different experience with their dad and may feel they are better people for it today. The world doesn't have to follow your lead just because it didn't work for you.

SVN said:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...erson-admitted-to-whooping-son-with-a-switch/[/QUOT

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pazrul72 said:

My dad used to spank me and every once in awhile when we were really bad he had a belt he called bite biter. I never felt abused and I grew up to be respectful and understand breaking rules have consequences. I have a 6 year old now that I used to smack on the butt to get his attention so I believe that sometimes you do have to resort to physical with very young children. That said I have not smacked my son in over a year as he is now old enough to talk to and if those pictures are legit what AP did is so above and beyond I am sick to my stomach.

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Congratulations! Here's your 1-Year No Child Abuse chip.

Brady_to_Moss said:

Who is their back up

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Patterson?

Danger Zone said:

I think you need to relax. Realize that people make jokes and not every "insult" needs to be defended against or responded to.

EDIT:

Smessy made a sarcastic joke about the "calmer times" in the NFL when we only had to deal with the media frenzy over Michael Sam.

I made a reference to that other big media frenzy, Tim Tebow.

Combine these two. Exponentially multiply them and the humor is in us imagining the nightmare the media would become if these two topics somehow got magically combined into one.

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I defend what I feel I need to stand up for.

captain insano said:

imagine what those wounds looked like before they had a chance to heal up.

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After now reading Adrian Peterson's own account of what he did?

Nothing like the wounds Mr. Peterson is in for if they put him in the prison's general population. He better beg for solitary at this point. He'll get the crap kicked out of him.

A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD.

SVN said:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...erson-admitted-to-whooping-son-with-a-switch/

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While I think corporal punishment is a trademark of poor parenting and does nothing but breed resentment towards the person administering it (I know from experience), I wasn't going to stake out a position because I think this is one of those things that deserves nuance and not jumping to conclusions.

The pictures were bad, then I read Peterson joke about how he injured his son's scrotum. That's bad, real bad.

Rob0729 said:

It is 2014. Not the 1980s. I am sure all our parents disciplined us back in the day that was acceptable then that isn't today. I hoped we have evolved as a society that disciplining a child by hitting him with an object is considered unacceptable and illegal.

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Physical discipline to me conjures an image of spanking, and so if AP was just disciplining his kid, that would be all it would be, even if with a switch.

But using the switch on the buttocks, backs, ankles, legs, hands, and scrotum, screams child abuse.

Honestly, he might need to be deactivated for a career depending... (Too early to call that, HOWEVER it doesn't look so hot I tell you what...)

TommyBrady12 said:

that's your experience. other's have a different experience with their dad and may feel they are better people for it today. The world doesn't have to follow your lead just because it didn't work for you.

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Agreed.

I took from it what I took from it.

Mr Peterson's lawyer has stated today, that he learned a far more positive lesson from corporal punishment and thought it was a valuable experience to pass down.

http://blogs.twincities.com/vikings...ons-attorney-rusty-hardin-releases-statement/

"....Adrian is a loving father who used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son. He used the same kind of discipline with his child that he experienced as a child growing up in east Texas."

We all learn differently from our past.