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Is it child abuse or

Discussion in 'Sensorium' started by The Great Snook, May 21, 2009.

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So what do you think

  1. Child Abuse

    2 vote(s)
    9.5%

  2. Great acting

    19 vote(s)
    90.5%
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    The Great Snook, May 21, 2009
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    Ok, that's the cutest thing I've ever seen. Hilarious.

    Great acting. The kids weren't hurt at all.
     
    Death Rabbit, May 21, 2009
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    Man, that was great!
     
    dmc, May 21, 2009
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    Having watched it a second time, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that Dad is a martial arts instructor. Watch how he holds yellow-shirt boy as he flips him over. That's a soft-landing technique used to teach people how to flip and land on their backs safely. His landing is much softer than it looks. Kids are made of rubber, anyway.

    Super cute. Especially when they talk.
     
    Death Rabbit, May 21, 2009
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    That was AWESOME!!!
    And cute.
    And safe.
    DR beat me to it, but yes, those are very soft landings, and even the head-kicks are nothing more than taps. I would definitely believe the dad is a martial-arts instructor, or at least a black-belt in something. He definitely knows what he's doing.

    Plus, I loved the ending.
     
    NOG (No Other Gods), May 22, 2009
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    That was F***ING SWEET! :bigeyes:

    This is the sort of thing that makes me *want* to have kids! :grin:
     
    Kitrax, May 22, 2009
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    I totally agree with NOG an DR. The kids were loving it too much for it to be serious anyway!
     
    Silvery, May 22, 2009
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    Those weren't kids, they was halflings in disguise!!
     
    martaug, May 22, 2009
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    Well it looks like a runaway here on SP for "great acting". I saw this on another site and their was serious talk about child abuse. Then again, that site is more of a "mommy site."
     
    The Great Snook, May 23, 2009
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    I think the issue here is that you have a lot more people (proportionally) willing to look at this in a critical manner on this site. I find people that tend to overreact to things like this are responding emotionally rather than logically. It doesn't matter that the fact is no harm was being done to the children, it doesn't even matter that the kids were quite obviously having a ball with it, all that matters is that this vaguely resembles something very offensive to them.
     
    NOG (No Other Gods), May 23, 2009
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    That's because in the real world, a part from all the phony business, child abuse and domestic violence IS a very serious problem. I think the clip was good fun, but women tend to feel deeply about issues which touch the lives of their children and themselves more so than men. You would be surprised how many dumb asses out there would actually try that with their kids.
     
    Chandos the Red, May 24, 2009
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    My older brothers used to roughhouse with me all the time. It was all fun. So is this clip. Only someone who either

    A) didn't have any siblings or
    B) grew up in a really weird home

    would find this to be child abuse. If a child had started to cry and he kept roughhousing, then it'd be child abuse, but it's obvious that they are playing and that the Dad is being very careful.
     
    LKD, May 25, 2009
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    I want to know where the 2 votes for Child Abuse came from...
     
    Dalveen, May 26, 2009
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    I haven't voted yet. Maybe I should make it 3 votes. :shake:
     
    Chandos the Red, May 26, 2009
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    Nice :D
     
    The Great Snook, May 27, 2009
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    Either those kids have real thick skulls, or the 'thump' sounds were dubbed in.
     
    countduckula, May 27, 2009
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    Hmmm, can't vote, couldn't see the clip as it was "...removed due to terms of use violation." whatever that was. Or was it the removal of the video that was child abuse? :lol:
     
    nior, Jun 10, 2009
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    [​IMG] It has a father and his two young children playfighting with gratuitous addition of sound effects.

    If it's child abuse I'm a pomegranate.
     
    8people, Jun 10, 2009
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    Mmmm. Pomegranate.
     
    Death Rabbit, Jun 10, 2009
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    Perhaps 8 pomegranate.
     
    nior, Jun 11, 2009
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