Punching kids on public transport

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Would you punch a kid?

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-who-refused-to-take-feet-off-seats-on-train/

Images shared on social media show the moment a man allegedly armlocked a young boy on a train after the child refused to take his feet off the seats.

The alleged incident happened at around lunchtime on July 22 on a train from Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria, the Manchester Evening News reports.

British Transport Police say they are investigating the photos after they were brought to the attention of rail operator Northern.
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I'm all in favour of capit-.. uh corporal punishment for cheeky kids. Not sure I'd have the gonads to do it myself, but maybe in forty years time I can get away with it.
 
I refrain from punching anyone unless it's a last resort. I also wouldn't be applying locks again unless it was needed and some little kid getting cheeky isn't one of those times.
 
If more people were willing to do this they'd be less chavs about.

Can't say I'd do it though - I've spoken to misbehaving kids/teenagers before and given some an earful who were swearing in the vicinity of my young kids who were on the park near school, but that's always done the trick and never needed anything more. If I thought my kids were in danger though, I'd have no hesitation in giving a chav a slap.
 
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Idiot move to do that for something so petty. I would have no problem giving a slap to a unruly kid if law permitted but it wouldn't be for putting feet on a bus seat.

Without reading the article, i think it prob went with the guy taking a fairly direct approach and talking down to the kid. The kid not appreciating this gesture replied rudely, as he is not of a generation which got a slap, slipper or belt for misbehaving. It escalated until the NotSoGentleman decided that his pride at being obeyed and respected was worth more than the consequences of the violence.

Yes we need more hard discipline these days but for good reasons and proportional to the act, or it just leads to people finding abuse acceptable or ways of venting when someone ****es them off
 
The guy went over and asked them to take them down
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Sounds like their actions where not inconveniencing the man as it appears he wasn't sitting directly next to them/where their foot was. Seems like the guy just wanted to order people around.
 
Tummy said:
Ages 8 and 11.

What a stand up person you are.
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Like I said, people who react this way after a bit of mouthiness value their pride over the well being of the offender. There is a fine line between insults you cant let slide and talking back but some people believe if any kid talks back, it is insulting.
 
8-11 definitely not. Adult idiots/older teenagers yes. I once snatched a lighter off some tool on the bus setting fire to the back of the seat :eek:

I don't advocate hitting the children of that age but again it will be said if it hasn't already, what do the parents of these kids have to answer for by raising kids like this.
 
I don't think there's any reason to physically assault a child. Unless of course there's another life in danger, which would be a very sad situation indeed.
 
Anyone would think these kids had murdered someone, it's not crime of the century and being a cheeky little bugger doesn't mean you're going to grow up to a life of crime or that you've been dragged up rather than raised.

Out of the 2 if there's one person I'd have touched it would have been the old guy, punching young kids in the gut and putting them in an arm lock is not how you deal with a bit of verbal.

Roar87 said:
He didn't punch him, that would've been wrong, an arm lock is totally fair play though
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I could easily rip your shoulder out of joint with one, it's not an acceptable action on a small child.
 
Malevolence said:
Good on him. The gobby little ***** these days need a good slapping.
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The victims were not inconveniencing the attacker though, they were sat with their feet up on the train seats (happens all the time).

He (attacker) approached them and told the children to take their feet down, the children (victims) were a bit 'cocky' (words of witness, on the linked source) and when the attacker had gone back to his seat they put their feet back up.

Attacker then returns, attempts to force their feet down and then assaults (punches) and then puts one of the children in a headlock.

The kids were aged between 8-11. Eight. And. Eleven.

Why is it ok to assault children?
 
Child or adult physical violence is not a way to teach respect and should only be used when there is the threat of physical violence from the other side and that's coming from someone who worked in security for 7 years.
I solved many more problems with my mouth than my fists.

If violence is the only thing you can think of to solve a situation then I'd question how you were raised tbh.
 
He should have just took a picture of them doing it and posted "OMG LOLZ" to his Facebook. Seems the done thing these days
 
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