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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Kids are kids - and this is no way to discipline a child. In fact, I'd say it was bordering on abuse and I wonder if social services investigated what other methods of discipline this guy uses on an 8 year old child.

It's barbaric, sick, and disgusting.

I totally agree, I have said in my posts I see this as abusing his child, it is in fact publicly abusing her too.
The other point you now raise is if this is how he would punish his child in public, what else may he do to correct her away from the public eye.