<p>At least she has her phone for facebook</p>
<p>I think the title of this thread is extremely misleading. The video is a lot more than him just shooting her laptop.</p>
<p>Well worth the 8 minutes.</p>
<p>Yeah it’s definitely worth it. It’s just that I don’t think it should have been posted on Youtube, just on her Facebook wall and that’s it.</p>
<p>I have no idea about what goes on in that household nor if what described in the letter is true or not, but judging solely based on the letter, the daughter does have a few points. The attitude of the father seems to be “if you want something, do it yourself” (that is why he wants her to get a job to pay for all the things she wants). So when he wants something, like a coffee or clean floor after he has dripped mud all over it, why doesn’t he do it himself then?</p>
<p>Eh I think the father was being too harsh…he obviously has some problems to shoot a laptop with a gun. The father seems like a lazy ass.</p>
<p>What a truly horrible parent. </p>
<p>It’s psychological terror like this (though it usually doesn’t come from parents, who are supposed to be supportive figures in their children’s lives) that accounts for the ever-increasing number of teen suicides and children running away from home each year.</p>
<p>so strange</p>
<p>that is one sad family :(.</p>
<p>I watched the video and I think that he probably took it a little too far with pistoling a laptop with $130.00 of new tech. I don’t know why he couldn’t have just kept the laptop and used it for himself or sold it for money. However, I guess he was trying to prove a point and chose this strange way of demonstrating it to his daughter and the rest of the world. </p>
<p>Anyway, I think most kids should be respectful to their parents and not post crap like that of all places on Facebook. People have invented blogs for a reason. I think she’s an attention seeker, but I also think her father is as well from how he decided to post this video on YouTube instead of just her Facebook page. I started appreciating my parents more after high school ended and fully have them to thank for getting me through a lot of sticky financial situations.</p>
<p>Frankly, the daughter seems like a brat. She deserved something like that and I think shooting the laptop worked as a symbolic gesture although it was a huge waste of money. Since the video got so famous though there’s probably some weirdo that she could sell it to for a few hundred dollars.</p>
<p>My hope in this world is renewed every time I see something like this. Kids need to understand that their parents have devoted years of their lives into their kids’ education and well-being. Not to mention, this parent owns your laptop, your cellphone, your clothes, your bed etc. When you go so far as to disrespect the only adult that provides -EVERYTHING- for you, you need to get a wake up call - this was one. Props to the dad.</p>
<p>Sweet. About time a parent acts like a parent rather than a pushover.</p>
<p>Probably shouldn’t have put it on YouTube, though. That’s kind of messed up and exploitative.</p>
<p>I see his motive, but that could really mess that girl up. Her social life is ruined, her family life is ruined, she’s got nothing now. I’ve always thought that no matter now bad (like what she did), punishment should be done in private.</p>
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<p>agreed. the daughter did some really horrible things and deserve some MAJOR punishment. but posting it on youtube? no wonder the kid’s the mess. it doesn’t seem like she’s got anyone to learn maturity or politeness from in the first place</p>
<p>Judging from the letter his daughter wrote, she probably deserved it. Mad respect for the father for not taking it.</p>
<p>I think the reason that he did that was because she posted the thing about her parents in a similar public forum and originally he just posted it on her facebook page where she had put the note about them. He shouldn’t have put it on youtube.</p>
<p>I couldn’t listen to the sound, but the whole thing seems a little over dramatic. No matter what she did; a parent putting that on YouTube seems a little immature.</p>
<p>Has anyone noticed the grammatical error in the title? Wrong possessive pronoun, bro.</p>
<p>I think the father was acting very immature and overreacted.</p>