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Originally Posted by rickwonder
japan is weird. straight up abusing the kid smh
It's not in Japan.
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Originally Posted by rickwonder
japan is weird. straight up abusing the kid smh
Originally Posted by scshift
Originally Posted by rickwonder
japan is weird. straight up abusing the kid smh
It's not in Japan.
Good read and explanation.Originally Posted by mkc1983
The people in the vid speak in a Mandarin dialect that I have problems understanding, but from what I could understand, the kid got caught stealing. The guy doing the beating said he'd beat him to death. The old lady and the old men weren't really laughing, they felt bad for the kid. The old lady said "poor kid", the old man said "he had no choice".
This might be a homeless street kid. There's no homeless shelters or food banks for the homeless in China like there are in North America. People generally don't treat the homeless that well either. When I went to Beijing in 2002, I was at a food court in a mall and saw these two homeless guys (early 20s) that were waiting for people to finish eating and they would try to finish whatever is left over, what's even sadder is that the workers of the mall were quickly trying to remove the plates/boxes before the homeless guys could get to them. Even when the homeless guys got to a plate, the workers would take it away from them before they had a chance to finish eating. I hope that puts into perspective the position of each of the persons involved in the video - the kid was most likely trying to survive, the person doing the beat down had no respect for the kid. However, I don't think a public beating is common in China, perhaps this kid stole from the man in the video numerous times before getting caught and the man took out all his frustrations.
Originally Posted by fraij da 5 11
If the kid is stealing then obviously the father isn't doing his job to begin with.
thats a given but any way you slice it this is the wrong way. +!+@%+@ animalsOriginally Posted by kbweezy24
this was pretty OD. but like someone a couple pages ago said, everyone only views this from our americanized/western perspective and culture. Different cultures have different priorities and ways of dealing with things. Again, i dont agree with the kicking and steppin on little dude's hands.
Originally Posted by gregzzy23
thats a given but any way you slice it this is the wrong way. +!+@%+@ animalsOriginally Posted by kbweezy24
this was pretty OD. but like someone a couple pages ago said, everyone only views this from our americanized/western perspective and culture. Different cultures have different priorities and ways of dealing with things. Again, i dont agree with the kicking and steppin on little dude's hands.
i don't see where i said every culture that does something i'm not used to are savage animals. i'm just talking about this instance in particular. this is a CHILD and look how they're treating him. i know a thing or two about harsh parenting techniques coming from a russian/ukranian background too but this is plain wrongOriginally Posted by scshift
Originally Posted by gregzzy23
thats a given but any way you slice it this is the wrong way. +!+@%+@ animalsOriginally Posted by kbweezy24
this was pretty OD. but like someone a couple pages ago said, everyone only views this from our americanized/western perspective and culture. Different cultures have different priorities and ways of dealing with things. Again, i dont agree with the kicking and steppin on little dude's hands.
And those who aren't accustomed to American culture could say the same thing about those who make millions of dollars but won't give a penny to a third world country. I am not condoning what was done here. But one is ignorant if they think that every culture which does something they aren't used to are savage animals. Ethnocentrism at it's finest.
Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
Getting physical to teach a lesson is because of parents who are too lazy to do anything other than cause physical pain (which is obviously easy as HELL), or just don't know of anything else to do; usually a combination of both of those.
Originally Posted by Ghenges
PLENTY of kids are raised properly, with good manners and morals without parents ever laying a finger on them. PLENTY.
Originally Posted by gregzzy23
i don't see where i said every culture that does something i'm not used to are savage animals. i'm just talking about this instance in particular. this is a CHILD and look how they're treating him. i know a thing or two about harsh parenting techniques coming from a russian/ukranian background too but this is plain wrongOriginally Posted by scshift
And those who aren't accustomed to American culture could say the same thing about those who make millions of dollars but won't give a penny to a third world country. I am not condoning what was done here. But one is ignorant if they think that every culture which does something they aren't used to are savage animals. Ethnocentrism at it's finest.