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Response to TBF (Reply #135)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 03:33 PM

Lucy Goosey (2,940 posts)

154. I agree - I find it believable, though, that he didn't mean to kill the abuser.

I think this is one of those situations where one's adrenalin would kick in like crazy - I'd bet he literally didn't know his own strength while he was beating that asshole.

As you say, he certainly wasn't thinking logically, and nor should he have been expected to be.

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180 replies	Author	Time	Post
Father kills man sexually abusing his daughter, Father is remorseful (Internet celebrates) [View all]	Liberal_in_LA	Jun 2012	OP
And...?	Fawke Em	Jun 2012	#1
It the creep hadn't been stopped when he was he would have gone on to abuse other babies	madokie	Jun 2012	#7
Agreed.	Fawke Em	Jun 2012	#15
You should read Stieg Larsson's novels	longship	Jun 2012	#65
Or fiction writers.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jun 2012	#72
Yes, true.	longship	Jun 2012	#75
I'm 5'3" and have broken the arm and cheekbone of a 6'1" male attacker	REP	Jun 2012	#95
This post was hidden by jury decision.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jun 2012	#99
I'm 5'1" and 105 pounds and my husband calls me his...	a la izquierda	Jun 2012	#118
My karate master once taught me excellent advise:	Ter	Jun 2012	#153
My weaponless defense instructor taught us to "know your limitations"	crunch60	Jun 2012	#158
Too bad the author did nothing to stop the gang rape he witnessed.	redqueen	Jun 2012	#156
I probably would have done the same thing	aint_no_life_nowhere	Jun 2012	#2
So many sexual abusers go free, this one didn't, so be it.	crunch60	Jun 2012	#157
I say give the guy a medal	SpartanDem	Jun 2012	#3
Yep.	Luciferous	Jun 2012	#94
If this is all true	Politicalboi	Jun 2012	#4
HOUSE DETENTION FOR 5 YEARS? For saving your daughter?	lies and propaganda	Jun 2012	#39
Yep. nt	MightyOkie	Jun 2012	#88
Ditto. Falls under accidental homicide, temp insanity...he didn't intend	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#116
Exactly!	crunch60	Jun 2012	#159
Actually, this falls under legal definitions of justifiable homicide.	TheWraith	Jun 2012	#50
I'd have to see the specifics of what happened.	backscatter712	Jun 2012	#79
You wouldn't get a guilty vote from even if dad drug the fucker off and tortured him to death over	TheKentuckian	Jun 2012	#137
+100 n/t	zappaman	Jun 2012	#147
No jury would ever convict him...	CoffeeCat	Jun 2012	#110
I have two daughters ... would probably react similarly.	JoePhilly	Jun 2012	#5
If these facts are true then defense of his child in his house is perfectly legit	aikoaiko	Jun 2012	#6
When is the parade?	Zanzoobar	Jun 2012	#8
The thing that surprises me is that	Arugula Latte	Jun 2012	#9
Not surprising at all, he killed a person...	rfranklin	Jun 2012	#11
+1	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#48
Exactly. Most people get a wrongful impression from media.	TheWraith	Jun 2012	#54
Definitely not true...	Cave_Johnson	Jun 2012	#67
There may be cases where you SHOULDN'T feel bad,	NYC Liberal	Jun 2012	#106
If your joyful at killing someone	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#107
+1	Arkansas Granny	Jun 2012	#130
Why is that surprising?	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#33
Are you unaware that some people don't favour the death penalty?	muriel_volestrangler	Jun 2012	#36
I am against the death penalty in all cases.	Arugula Latte	Jun 2012	#78
I am also against the death penalty. Who decided who dies and when?	crunch60	Jun 2012	#161
then you are young, grasshopper...	elehhhhna	Jun 2012	#77
I'm not so young.	Arugula Latte	Jun 2012	#80
I suspect that killing always feels justified, at the time	elehhhhna	Jun 2012	#82
So true	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#87
Welcome Home, Brother n/t	hardtravelin	Jun 2012	#136
Thank you	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#139
Same thing happened to my uncle, a WW2 veteran and a bronze star recipient.	crunch60	Jun 2012	#162
most vets won't talk about their time "in country"	shanti	Jun 2012	#142
Let alone share the secrets of their ammo box-the scalps and ear necklaces. n/t	bobthedrummer	Jun 2012	#152
Shame on you!	Sans__Culottes	Jun 2012	#170
Welcome to DU, Sans_Culottes n/t	bobthedrummer	Jun 2012	#171
Thanks, bobthedrummer!	Sans__Culottes	Jun 2012	#173
It's not unusual for someone who kills in the heat of passion to be remorseful later	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#83
He didn't intend to kill the guy. He just beat him up, and the guy died. Hit his	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#117
I guess I can understand feeling regret if my actions led to someone's death	4th law of robotics	Jun 2012	#10
Bravo Dad!	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#12
This is my feel-good story of the day	eissa	Jun 2012	#13
...	renate	Jun 2012	#18
Thanks sweetie. I've come to terms with the abuse, but not with my parents	eissa	Jun 2012	#20
I am so sorry...	CoffeeCat	Jun 2012	#111
He should have shot him then he wouldn't have to face a trial...nt	Kalidurga	Jun 2012	#14
Is that a reference to Trayvon Martin and Zimmerman?	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#30
No it isn't a reference to the Trayvon Martic case...	Kalidurga	Jun 2012	#105
If ANYONE deserves this fate,it is a child molester.	wendylaroux	Jun 2012	#16
A parent has the right, and DUTY, to protect the lives of their children	HockeyMom	Jun 2012	#17
True, however...	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#28
Is there another kind of violence?	Marr	Jun 2012	#35
Lots of people get punched and kicked every day without dying	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#47
They wear gloves now because it's much more dangerous otherwise.	Marr	Jun 2012	#56
It's still punching and people have still died	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#64
And?	Marr	Jun 2012	#73
No, I'm saying that you can't call one "deadly violence" but not the other(s)	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#90
Gloves are heavy, and it is likely that they cause more brain damage	FarCenter	Jun 2012	#74
I would think he flew into a rage	deutsey	Jun 2012	#46
That's true	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#49
No weapon was used	HockeyMom	Jun 2012	#52
Fists are deadly weapons.	TheWraith	Jun 2012	#62
I see the word "can"	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#68
80-90% of gunshot victims survive. No assault is lethal 100% of the time.	TheWraith	Jun 2012	#71
Yes, but	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#91
Just after highschool, I worked as a cook at a Howard Johnson's and one of our waitresses...	MiddleFingerMom	Jun 2012	#19
+1 n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Jun 2012	#23
The last thing any rational person should want to do is to kill ...	spin	Jun 2012	#26
PTSD is caused by killing someone? Thanks. This is the first time that I've heard that.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jun 2012	#59
Anyone who has trouble killing the enemy shouldn't have enlisted	FarCenter	Jun 2012	#66
You're welcome. Believe it or not, killing someone is one of the most stressful events...	MiddleFingerMom	Jun 2012	#112
What a lengthy lecture.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jun 2012	#131
"The lady"????	EvolveOrConvolve	Jun 2012	#164
+1	geardaddy	Jun 2012	#145
Sometimes violence is the answer.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jun 2012	#21
Sometimes, yes	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#27
Yes.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jun 2012	#31
Interesting	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#51
strangely	belcffub	Jun 2012	#34
Gosh	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#53
You simply cannot...	Whiskeytide	Jun 2012	#38
You seem to be forgetting one thing, though	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#55
There isn't a jury in this country	Aerows	Jun 2012	#174
Sorry to be so late getting back to you...	Whiskeytide	Jun 2012	#177
the young girl's life was very much in danger..	frylock	Jun 2012	#45
Oh?	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#58
somebody is spouting bs, and it ain't me n00b..	frylock	Jun 2012	#85
Ah, yes, the "n00b" argument. Very solid that.	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#92
Failed to back up that her life was threatened?	Aerows	Jun 2012	#175
You aren't defending the abusers actions	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#89
That's probably true	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#93
Ask me	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#98
As a mother	xmas74	Jun 2012	#109
There is more than one way to kill a person. Also, the dad didn't intend to kill the guy...	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#119
How do you know that the abuse	pecwae	Jun 2012	#114
Yes, more so it was his duty to protect his child that could not protect themselves	TheKentuckian	Jun 2012	#144
A victory for sexually abused children everywhere	siligut	Jun 2012	#22
Everyone hates a pedophile.	MrSlayer	Jun 2012	#24
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Mairead	Jun 2012	#37
Are you really defending pedophiles?	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#40
Of course it's a choice.	Marr	Jun 2012	#41
Take this bullshit elsewhere. nt	piedmont	Jun 2012	#42
I don't care what your attractions are. Rape is rape. Child abuse is child abuse.	phleshdef	Jun 2012	#43
While I don't condone killing the man for the abuse	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#25
I can't say I wouldn't do the same thing myself	Dorian Gray	Jun 2012	#29
Me neither.	Iggo	Jun 2012	#86
Yeah	Dorian Gray	Jun 2012	#97
Give him a slap on the wrist. nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Jun 2012	#32
I'd say the father showed restraint	OriginalGeek	Jun 2012	#44
And who knows if the dead scum might have abducted	Tsiyu	Jun 2012	#70
I'd have done the same thing no question	NotThisTime	Jun 2012	#57
Shrug.	closeupready	Jun 2012	#60
Yup, there sure are people happy about it.	jp11	Jun 2012	#61
Thank you for your moral sanctimony.	TheWraith	Jun 2012	#63
You are welcome.	jp11	Jun 2012	#84
Is that a Clydesdale you're on?	HotRodTuna	Jun 2012	#168
In the minority, so what, there have been minority opinions that have	jp11	Jun 2012	#169
You're right, it won't	HotRodTuna	Jun 2012	#176
I'm not happy the guy was killed per se	4th law of robotics	Jun 2012	#69
The wussy child molester assumed the risk, when he chose to harm a child.	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#120
Has there been the first bit of corroboration to back up the story	Blue_Tires	Jun 2012	#124
There doesn't seem to be any question about it by the authorities so far.	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#163
Just saw this here	tawadi	Jun 2012	#76
All I'll say is I hope the father was 100 percent right in processing what he saw...	Blue_Tires	Jun 2012	#81
This is true	treestar	Jun 2012	#138
As a guy with a 4 year old daughter, I won't judge him.	Throd	Jun 2012	#96
Celebrates or Empathizes?? I think many people with children can put themselves in his place and hav	Pisces	Jun 2012	#102
And why was she left alone in this freak's house?	ManyShadesOf	Jun 2012	#100
I don't think it was the perv's house. A bunch of people were having a cookout...	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#121
I don't think killing or violence is a solution to most problems	Bettie	Jun 2012	#101
Memory of sexual abuse VS. memory of watching violent bludgeoning death?	NoodleyAppendage	Jun 2012	#103
Sexual abuse would be far more damaging than seeing your father pull a guy off of you...	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#122
Probably won't be charged, no DA could prosecute it.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#104
If I was on the jury, I'd sure as hell acquit. n/t	GarroHorus	Jun 2012	#108
The father did what he had to do	Meiko	Jun 2012	#113
Just hope the first punch did not kill him	SecurityManager	Jun 2012	#115
Recommended.	H2O Man	Jun 2012	#123
He should be prosecuted, but the sentence should be very, very light.	2ndAmForComputers	Jun 2012	#125
Prosecuted!?	Spoonman	Jun 2012	#126
I would do the same the father did, and expect to be prosecuted.	2ndAmForComputers	Jun 2012	#127
LET'S GET THIS STORY STRAIGHT!	Spoonman	Jun 2012	#128
Precisely. Two victims are much more preferable to one.	LanternWaste	Jun 2012	#133
+1	AngryOldDem	Jun 2012	#155
thank you... for calling it what it is. nt	seabeyond	Jun 2012	#165
Given the situation...	99Forever	Jun 2012	#129
I wonder how many other children were saved from this pedophile	rateyes	Jun 2012	#132
Call me a gun nut, call me anything you like	Bake	Jun 2012	#134
Probably didn't need to kill him to stop him would	TBF	Jun 2012	#135
I agree with everything you said	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#141
I agree - I find it believable, though, that he didn't mean to kill the abuser.	Lucy Goosey	Jun 2012	#154
Things happen so fast when people assault each other.	backscatter712	Jun 2012	#167
How about the castle law being applied... Wouldn't that give this father the right to protect his	midnight	Jun 2012	#140
Thats a very very good point	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#143
In Texas the law allows the use of deadly force	oneshooter	Jun 2012	#172
If I were in the dad's place I would have done the same thing.	Odin2005	Jun 2012	#146
Now THIS is what I call justifiable homocide	Taverner	Jun 2012	#148
+1 nt	TBF	Jun 2012	#149
That is exactly what it is called.	lonestarnot	Jun 2012	#180
I love a happy ending	Chuuku Davis	Jun 2012	#150
more details	Liberal_in_LA	Jun 2012	#151
I'm sorry, but anyone does that to my daughter, I would do the same	demtenjeep	Jun 2012	#160
kick	tawadi	Jun 2012	#166
surprised to see this thread appear again.	Liberal_in_LA	Jun 2012	#178
Same here	tawadi	Jun 2012	#179

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