Naughty kids lose gifts to eBay

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Nightstalkers

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The kids were naughty, Dad put the presents on eBay instead of under the tree -- and Mom's been crying ever since.
Now, even the tree's down.
Saturday morning was sure not to be very jolly for three brothers -- 9, 11 and 15 -- who didn't straighten up when their father told them Santa wasn't too please with their fighting, cuss words and obscene gestures.
Dad and Mom had warned their sons that the Nintendo DS video system -- and the three games that go with it -- were headed for the auction block if they didn't get their act together.
"No kidding. Three undeserving boys have crossed the line. Tonight we sat down and showed them what they WILL NOT get for Christmas this year. I'll be taking the tree down tomorrow," the man announced in his eBay posting.
"If you don't buy them, we'll return them to the store," the seller known online as magumbo--2000 reported on the site.
Thursday night, the auction wound down with bidding at $465.01 -- below the price the man had set. He said he would probably list the items again.
A single day of particularly bad behavior set the Christmas crackdown in motion.
"These are normally really good kids," said Dad, who asked the Houston Chronicle not to reveal his name.
 
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Spiderman

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Heh, I heard about this over the weekend... the price seems kinda high for a DS and three games though. I thought the DS was $150 or so... is it higher than that?
 
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Chaos Turtle

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... the price seems kinda high for a DS and three games though. I thought the DS was $150 or so... is it higher than that?
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I think it was for 3 of them.
 
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Spiderman

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Dad and Mom had warned their sons that the Nintendo DS video system -- and the three games that go with it -- were headed for the auction block if they didn't get their act together.
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That sounds like it's just one DS system...

Also read yesterday that it went for $5300 by the same guy/group who bought that grilled-cheese sandwich in the image of a madonna... but the money was supposed to go to charity.
 
Oversoul

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I also heard about this. I heard that people were saying it was child abuse. This is not child abuse. Child abuse involves leather straps, glue, and some shards of broken glass.
 
Ferret

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Child abuse? Typical. A few years back I heard about some kids that reported their parents for child abuse because they weren't allowed to watch Tv. Some ALCU lawyer got involved and the kids were placed in a foster home...I hope that the Tv rots their brains...

-Ferret

"probably too late..."
 
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Originally posted by Ferret
Child abuse? Typical. A few years back I heard about some kids that reported their parents for child abuse because they weren't allowed to watch Tv. Some ALCU lawyer got involved and the kids were placed in a foster home...I hope that the Tv rots their brains...

-Ferret

"probably too late..."
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Man ooh man.. the ACLU. Seems like for every five good deeds they commit they’re is one huge appalling banner of "wrongness" they rally to. The ACLU does a lot of good, but they're sure on fringe sometimes.
 
Ferret

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Originally posted by Killer Joe
Yeah, what's the name of that conservative group of do gooders? :rolleyes:
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Conservative, liberal - it doesn't matter. If they've chosen a side they really don't care about the good they do - they only care about the image they portray and the ammounts of money they can make...

-Ferret

"For a neat look at the dark side of charity watch 'Death To Smoochie"
 
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train

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Heard about this here, and maybe these kids should contact the ACLU...

My thoughts - you have a right to physically discipline your children... I'd a done so and kept the system and games for me and the Mrs.

ha!...
 
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train

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yep - the emotional and social impairment this could have on them...

there's basis for it... now you just need a lawyer or a cause...;)
 
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Spiderman

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Actually, at that age, I view it more as how the parents raised them. So they kinda share the blame (not that I disagree with the punishment).
 
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train

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did you all hear about the girl suing for the paddling she got at school?...

if not I'll try and dig it up...
 
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train

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Apparently it occurred last June - but is making waves now due to the suit...

A former student at the School of Excellence in Education is suing the charter school, alleging that an administrator used excessive force by disciplining her with a 4-foot-long wooden paddle known as "Ole Thunder."

Attorneys for Jessica Serafin, 18, filed the personal injury lawsuit Monday in state district court against the school and Brett Wilkinson, who her attorney said served as a summer school principal.

According to the suit, Wilkinson summoned Serafin to the principal's office on June 18, restrained her with the help of two employees, and struck her repeatedly on her bottom, hip and leg. [Emphasis added.]

At one point, Serafin tried to shield herself from the blows using her hand, and Wilkinson "smashed her hand with the paddle," the suit alleges.

The lawsuit contends the beating was so severe that Serafin began bleeding and was taken to a hospital emergency room for treatment. [Emphasis added.]

Serafin's attorney, Dan Hargrove, said his client was called to the principal's office because she left the campus before school started to get a breakfast taco. He maintained she was not tardy to class. Serafin is no longer a student at the charter school.

A key element of the case, according to Hargrove and law partner Cyrus Rea, is the fact that Serafin was an adult at the time of the incident. Under state law, a parent is not authorized to use corporal punishment against an adult child, and therefore the school is not authorized to use corporal punishment against an adult student, Hargrove said.

He added that Serafin did not consent to being paddled.

Touted for offering a "private school education at a public school price," the School of Excellence in Education is San Antonio's largest charter school.

This is not "an anti-charter school case. It's not an anti-corporal punishment case," Hargrove said. "This case comes down to an excessive use of corporal punishment against an adult."

The suit also alleges civil rights violations.

Wilkinson, currently vice principal of the charter program's Saenz Junior High, could not be reached for comment. Superintendent Ricky Hooker said, "The school’s comment is no comment."

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Oversoul

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train said:
A key element of the case, according to Hargrove and law partner Cyrus Rea, is the fact that Serafin was an adult at the time of the incident. Under state law, a parent is not authorized to use corporal punishment against an adult child, and therefore the school is not authorized to use corporal punishment against an adult student, Hargrove said.
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Kind of important from a legal standpoint, to say the least...
 
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