My 11 Year Old Son Punched in the Face - Guards do NOTHING.

Higher

Earlier today a grown man punched my 11 year old son in the head. This is a complete and utter disgrace. My son apparently had a rubber knife we got him for haloween and jokingly said to some awkward looking (his words) man that he wanted his money. Its important to know that my son had a smile on his face the whole time and the knife is quite CLEARLY a jokeshop knife.

The man preceded to punch my son in the face, breaking his orbital and damaging his eye socket. He then ran off like a coward. My son rang the guards crying but they have done NOTHING to find this guy simply shrugging their shoulders and saying theres no CCTV in the area and the guy is obviously long gone.

I genuinely dont know whats the most frustrating thing, the moron who punched my 11 year old son or the guards who wont bother to look for him.

Newaglish

Waaay too late

GhostInTheRuins

1/10. Please try harder.

SEPT 23 1989

c u next tuesday

Shryke

I ****ing hate these dumb unimaginative ****ing painful threads. Cancer and combustion on everyone that starts making topics with this ****ing bilge poisoning my mind with its abject flailing pathetic uselessness.

Bastards.

Chuck Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCFoDuCY-aI

super_furry

Nope.jpg

Plazaman

That's why you should vote NO on Saturday, your young fella has way too many rights.

Washington Irving

ffs..

Higher

Shryke wrote: »

I ****ing hate these dumb unimaginative ****ing painful threads. Cancer and combustion on everyone that starts making topics with this ****ing bilge poisoning my mind with its abject flailing pathetic uselessness.

Bastards.

Me too. The only way to get rid of them is to keep them coming

You're just stealing someone else's joke for thanks. Good job on failing.

wnolan1992

I don't care what ye say, that made me laugh.

CianRyan

Your kid pulled a knife on someone, he got punched in the face. If an 11 year old pulled a knife on me I'd probably do the same thing.
My reasons are:
1. I'm not going to stand there and notice it's a fake knife, I'm going to see someone trying to rob my money and threatening to stab me.
2. I don't care what age they are because they're trying to rob my money and threatening to stab me.

You should talk to your son about his stupid idea of a joke, he could have been killed.

juan.kerr

Thinly veiled 'I have no imaginaton' thread.

Lawrence1895

*sings*...heja BVB, heja BVB, heja, heja, heja BVB

I always start singing, when I can't decide if I should laugh or cry, thanks to threads like this one

Higher

Deleted User wrote: »

You're just stealing someone else's joke for thanks. Good job on failing.

Lighten up boney, I really don't care about meaningless likes on an internet forum. I just thought it might be a light hearted thread about the ridiculousness of these response threads (i.e KTRICS earlier) that are continously propping up. We've now had the culprit, the son himself and now the father. I'm waiting for the mother to prop up with her side of the story.

sorry for 'failing'

Higher

CianRyan wrote: »

Your kid pulled a knife on someone, he got punched in the face. If an 11 year old pulled a knife on me I'd probably do the same thing.
My reasons are:
1. I'm not going to stand there and notice it's a fake knife, I'm going to see someone trying to rob my money and threatening to stab me.
2. I don't care what age they are because they're trying to rob my money and threatening to stab me.

You should talk to your son about his stupid idea of a joke, he could have been killed.

Cian if you saw the knife you'd understand, its rubber. My son had a lovely smile on his face. The creep who hit deserves PRISON time.

Solair

While this is a nasty situation, it's also far from an unprovoked assault either.

It's not unknown for kids to have pulled knives on people and stabbed them. It has happend and does happen!

People have been shot by young teenagers in some places in Ireland.

How do you know the guy did not assume he was about to be stabbed and acted in self defense?

Pulling a weapon on someone (real or fake) is a VERY bad idea, even if in jest.

I'm sorry to hear that your son was injured, but it's a bit like teasing a dog in the face and expecting not to get bitten and then getting angry about the dog afterwards.

Someone made a split second decision that they were about to be stabbed and reacted violently. That's what happens if you pull a knife on someone.

I hope he recovers soon, but it would be an important lesson to learn that you should absolutely never in play or otherwise do something like that as it can and often does provoke very swift and over the top reactions that can be almost automatic.

Higher

Higher wrote: »

Cian if you saw the knife you'd understand, its rubber. My son had a lovely smile on his face. The creep who hit deserves PRISON time.

What are you on about?

CianRyan

Higher wrote: »

Cian if you saw the knife you'd understand, its rubber. My son had a lovely smile on his face. The creep who hit deserves PRISON time.

I'd still punch him though, just because I don't like kids.

Higher

Solair wrote: »

While this is a nasty situation, it's also far from an unprovoked assault either.

It's not unknown for kids to have pulled knives on people and stabbed them. It has and does happen!

How do you know the guy did not assume he was about to be stabbed and acted in self defense?

Pulling a weapon on someone (real or fake) is a VERY bad idea, even if in jest.

I'm sorry to hear that your son was injured, but it's a bit like teasing a dog in the face and expecting not to get bitten and then getting angry about the dog afterwards.

Someone made a split second decision that they were about to be stabbed and reacted violently. That's what happens if you pull a knife on someone.

even if there was a knife my son is 11 years old. He could have easily swatted him aside. Surely you dont think it was a reasonable response?

Solair

Higher wrote: »

even if there was a knife my son is 11 years old. He could have easily swatted him aside. Surely you dont think it was a reasonable response?

If someone pulls a knife or a gun on you, you are in fear of your life.
You could find that he'd have a pretty strong defense in court if it did go there.

Pulling weapons fake or otherwise on random unsuspecting members of the public is a VERY VERY VERY bad idea.

It may well have been an over the top reaction, but it as also a very stupid and dangerous thing for your son to have done.

Local-womanizer

Jesus this is sh/te.....

juan.kerr

I blame the parents. OP is a crap parent.

Mr Simpson

Higher wrote: »

even if there was a knife my son is 11 years old. He could have easily swatted him aside. Surely you dont think it was a reasonable response?

Your son did a stupid thing and got smacked. Sorry to sound like a pr/ck, but tough. He won't do it again.

If someone pulled a knife on me, no matter what age, I don't know what my reaction would be. But I sure as fcuk wouldn't be checking whether the knife was real, I wouldn't be paying attention to the little gits smirk on his face either.

rusty_racer94

50 shades of sh*te.

brightspark

Was your son alone at the time?

BattleCorp

Higher wrote: »

Cian if you saw the knife you'd understand, its rubber. My son had a lovely smile on his face. The creep who hit deserves PRISON time.

You know you son and you knew that the knife was fake. That colours your perception of what happened. As his mother, you would know if your son is serious or messing.

A stranger wouldn't have a clue who your son is, or what his intentions were. What you see as funny, wouldn't seem half as funny to a stranger who has just had a knife pulled on him.

I wasn't there so I don't know the full circumstances but if somebody pulled a knife on me, I'd probably react the same way.

To be honest, your son is lucky that he wasn't very very seriously injured.

Mr Simpson

I've found your culprit

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056802722&pp=15&page=1

Zomg Okay

Higher wrote: »

Cian if you saw the knife you'd understand, its rubber. My son had a lovely smile on his face. The creep who hit deserves PRISON time.

If the rubber knife you gave your kid looks anything like my rubber knife, I'm not surprised it was mistaken for a real weapon.

As for the kid smiling, that wouldn't register with someone who thought they were facing being mugged and/or stabbed. Even if it did, it's nothing near an indication of innocence.

Higher

The knife starts flashing when you press a button, if you saw the knife you'd know theres no way it could be mistaken for a real one. This scumbag just saw an opportunity to punch a defenceless child and get away with it 'Oh i thought it was a knife'.

BattleCorp

Higher wrote: »

The knife starts flashing when you press a button, if you saw the knife you'd know theres no way it could be mistaken for a real one. This scumbag just saw an opportunity to punch a defenceless child and get away with it 'Oh i thought it was a knife'.

Try rob a bank with that knife and you'll find that you will be done for "armed robbery".

A harsh lesson for your son, don't pull a knife on a stranger even if you are just messing.

Higher

He wasn't robbing a bank though he was joking with a guy who should have known better!

brightspark

Was he alone? with a group of his friends? any witnesses at all?

Zomg Okay

Higher wrote: »

He wasn't robbing a bank though he was joking with a guy who should have known better!

You know instinct over-rides rational thought, right? Instinct told the man he was in danger, took over and re-acted. There is no such thing as 'knowing better' when you're acting on instinct.

Ottway

Higher wrote: »

even if there was a knife my son is 11 years old. He could have easily swatted him aside. Surely you dont think it was a reasonable response?

You do realise that we can all see your previous post?

Higher wrote: »

I just thought it might be a light hearted thread about the ridiculousness of these response threads.'

BattleCorp

Higher wrote: »

He wasn't robbing a bank though he was joking with a guy who should have known better!

Your son will know better in future.

Not even a teeny weeny bit funny.