Buy that man a beer!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by KG

‘A Washington state man fed up with a group of noisy moviegoers behind him, stepped over the seat and punched a 10-year-old boy in the face.
The man was watching “Titanic” in 3-D with his girlfriend and had asked the people sitting behind to quiet down and stop throwing popcorn, but they laughed at him, he said…’      source
Having paid good money in the past to watch movies–and had them ruined by inconsiderate, undisciplined little assholes I can totally sympathise with the man. Maybe it’s time theatre management introduced “adults only” sessions.

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30 Responses to Buy that man a beer!

  1. Dallas says:
    May 23, 2012 at 11:02

    Instant karma! Good lesson for the punk. It still is a world of consequence, even though half of us haven’t got that yet.

  2. Katie says:
    May 23, 2012 at 12:15

    A ten year old boy? Instead of punching him in the face, he should have spanked him.

    • KG says:
      May 23, 2012 at 13:45

      He thought at the time it was an adult. Kids can learn civility early, with a slap on the backside, or they can learn it later, with a broken nose. *shrug*…so the guy mistook him for an adult…you get that, when behaving like an oaf.

  3. Octagongrappler says:
    May 23, 2012 at 12:55

    Im more troubled why anyone would want to watch a 14 year old movie in 3-D??

  4. Cadwallader says:
    May 23, 2012 at 13:49

    I understand his frustrations. I prefer to watch films at home, as one can pause..race to the liquor cabinet, re-start…pause race to the liquor cabinet etc..

  5. Lucia Maria says:
    May 23, 2012 at 14:15

    :wtf

    Ten year olds are normally pretty small.

    That guy needs anger management and Confession.

    • Ciaron says:
      May 23, 2012 at 14:23

      I wasn’t there, so I don’t know, but I’d imagine it would still be pretty hard to mistake a 10yr old for an adult.

      I’d like to think in his place, I would have grabbed the brat by the ear, dragged him up the aisle and literally booted his arse out.

    • KG says:
      May 23, 2012 at 18:44

      Lucia Maria,no, the kids need a lesson in manners and consideration for others. One of them just got it. Why the hell should he “manage” perfectly justifiable anger? And confess what? That he has a low threshold of tolerance for ill-behaved brats?

      • Lucia Maria says:
        May 24, 2012 at 10:48

        Where do I begin?

        Children do not learn manners by being punched in the face. All that teaches them is that there are very dangerous people out there that snap with very little provocation.

        Secondly, anger is only justified if it’s on behalf of someone else. So, if you see a person being attacked and you are outraged and defend them, then that is fine. If you hear of an injustice and that makes you angry on behalf of those who have been unjustly treated, that is fine too. But anger in response to how some one else treats you is never, ever justified. This type of explosive anger at a minor provocation makes this man extremely dangerous. What’s the bet his girlfriend has already made him angry at other times and he’s beaten her as well? I doubt punching a child in the movie theatre came out of nowhere.

        Thirdly, if he had been thinking and not lost 50 IQ points because he became sop angry and then acted from baser impulses rather than his brain, there could have been so many other things he could have done in this situation rather than punching the child, and therefore not be facing potential time in jail.

        He’s a dangerous idiot and deserves everything the law throws at him.

        • Kris K says:
          May 24, 2012 at 14:20

          Lucia,

          “Secondly, anger is only justified if it’s on behalf of someone else.”

          Crap!

          Here’s an example of someone getting angry on His own (& His Father’s) account:

          Joh 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
          Joh 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
          Joh 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

          Pretty violent, huh? And don’t forget a scourge usually has bone or sharp stones affixed to the ends of the cords of leather. I’m betting a few of those money changers were bleeding quite badly after their little encounter. And yet the instigator “sinned not”.
          Hmmm?

          • ZenTiger says:
            May 24, 2012 at 17:39

            It is very disturbing to see the bible mis-used to justify punching a 10 year old in the face.

            And according to Kris K, Jesus would likely go around punching 10 year olds in the face for being disrespectful (if he didn’t have a scourge handy)?

            No doubt, according to Kris K, he would have crucified the kid if he rolled Jaffas down the aisle.

            I don’t get that from my reading of the bible. Maybe I read some other parts that taught me the difference between righteous anger and plain old anger.

            • The Gantt Guy says:
              May 24, 2012 at 17:43

              Way to watch the point go sliding on by you, Zen. Kris’ statement was not a justification of the mans actions in punching the boy, it was in reply to her ridiculous assertion that anger is only justified if its on behalf of someone else.

              FWIW, I think the man could have hand,Ed the situation better than he did. I am a particular fan of the Mara method – a vicious threat delivered in a low, conversational tone would like have had the same effect, and no criminal charges would be required.

              • Kris K says:
                May 25, 2012 at 16:45

                Thanks Gantt, at least someone gets the point I was making.
                [Why am I reminded of my/our many exchanges at KB with Pete George?]

                • The Gantt Guy says:
                  May 25, 2012 at 17:32

                  :mrgreen:

                  Now that was an uncalled-for escalation, my friend.

                  Zen and his colleagues might be doctrinally confused, but they are human (unlike PG)

          • Lucia Maria says:
            May 24, 2012 at 18:36

            I somehow doubt that Our Lord was giving us an example to follow when we get angry, and I disagree that He was angry on His own behalf.

            You might want to read this: What God says about anger in the Bible and it’s not a Catholic link.

            • Kris K says:
              May 25, 2012 at 16:45

              Lucia, what about the following don’t you understand?

              Joh 10:30 I and my Father are one.

              PS You completely missed the point I was making [like your friend Zen], and which Gantt clarified.

              PPS And I do understand what the Bible teaches on anger; and the difference between Godly/righteous anger and anger which operates through the flesh:

              Eph 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
              Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.

  6. mara says:
    May 23, 2012 at 15:06

    Trouble is, the man now gets convicted and the kids are laughing. When dealing with kids needing a life lesson, I have found that a horrible threat delivered with an implacable, calm, convincing and surprising demeanour is better. eg,” if you do that ONE more time I will phone my cousin who hates kids and he will follow you guys home and break one of your legs. Suit yourselves; it don’t bother me.” If required, exit with phone in hand. Return shortly thereafter smiling widely. Trust me… there’s more pleasure to be had from that approach than any other. ;-)

  7. mara says:
    May 23, 2012 at 15:22

    Katie, if he had spanked the kid instead of punching him, he would have been up on child sexual molestation charges and deeper in the poo than he is already. No?

  8. kowtow says:
    May 23, 2012 at 18:15

    Any sensible judge will convict and discharge without any further action or record.

    Then he’ll call the little shit,his friends and family in front of him ,bollock them for being at the least very badly mannered and creating the situation and warn them they are lucky not to be facing a charge of behaviour likely or calculated to cause a breach of the peace.

    Now,stand down and stop wasting this courts time.

  9. Flashman says:
    May 24, 2012 at 04:51

    There’s a mistake here.

    The movie in question was Once Were Warriors.

  10. KG says:
    May 24, 2012 at 12:19

    “Children do not learn manners by being punched in the face. All that teaches them is that there are very dangerous people out there that snap with very little provocation.”
    Deliberately disturbing other people and pelting them with popcorn is NOT “very little provocation”.
    And yes, he will learn manners- or at the very least caution-from the pain of being punched. Kids know when they’re doing wrong and they know when they’ve earned retaliation.
    “Secondly, anger is only justified if it’s on behalf of someone else.”
    Nonsense. Who invented that absurd ‘rule’?
    “there could have been so many other things he could have done in this situation rather than punching the child”
    Oh, really? Such as complaining to the management of the theatre? His experience-which he paid for-is already ruined by that time and in any case it’s highly unlikely anybody would have thrown the disruptive brats out.
    As one who has tried complaining to parents and restaurant owners about the behaviour of children, I can assure you that mostly it’s an utter waste of time.
    If people brought their children up to respect others in the first place, the situation wouldn’t arise.

  11. Oswald Bastable says:
    May 25, 2012 at 10:12

    Nobody has questioned why a 10 year old BOY is at a chick-flick!

    THAT I find disturbing…

    • The Gantt Guy says:
      May 25, 2012 at 10:24

      :mrgreen:

      At least the bloke was there with his girlfriend getting some credit in the “gettin’ some” account. Can’t imagine why a 10YO boy would want to see such a movie.

  12. mara says:
    May 25, 2012 at 17:23

    Gantt , you cannot imagine why a 10 year old boy would want to see such a movie?
    Hello mate… how old are your children if you have any?

    • The Gantt Guy says:
      May 25, 2012 at 17:34

      I have a Miss Six. And there are far better movies if titillation is the goal (see, no grown man ever really grows up completely)

    • oswald bastable says:
      May 25, 2012 at 17:57

      I have 10-year old boy.

      He would rather go the the dentist than watch a chick-lick!

      • oswald bastable says:
        May 25, 2012 at 17:59

        Flick!

        (No robots, psycho aliens or mayhem in general and he has zero interest!)