I punched a Man at Disney, Kinda Funny Now!

[kimgg]

Hey I said "what if" In all seriousness, me & brother are/were severe hemophiliacs, a punch in the back could've been deadly to my brother and I'm totally serious. In me, it may have caused me to end vacation early and go get some factor VIII at the ER. The point being you never know.
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OK, sorry, I thought you meant mentally disabled as if maybe he did not know what he did. I would think that would have been figured out from her interaction with him and she would have mentioned it. And I have a nephew who is hemopheliac so I can relate that is a risky condition, but I also think if an adult had that he would be less likely to run in to people w/o apologizing if he hit someone, as the reverse could be true (if the child was hemopheliac, she too could have to seek medical attention from being knocked over as the skinned knees could caused a bleed, right)??

Anyway, I maybe making this threat more dramatic when I actually was trying to lighten it. I am not trying to insult anyone. Just don't think the OP is so horrible if what she described is accurate.

 

[Scurvy]

Now, based on his reaction, it may be he had no idea what he did and the mom may very well have over reacted. But none of us was there and I hope you shocked people are not too "peace loving" to defend your child if need be. Emotions run wild when kids are involved and you can't sit here and say there is no way you would react if someone hurt your kid, without knowing more about how he did it and how he acted after.

I can say how I would react, because someone did knock my son down in Tomorrowland once, when they were running to Space Mountain. You know how I reacted? I took care of my child. I scooped him up and hugged him, and got a napkin to clean up the blood on his lip from where he bit it when he hit the ground. Then I checked him over to be sure he wasn't hurt in any other way, and then I took him to do something fun so he wouldn't dwell on the accident. I didn't waste time chasing down the guy who carelessly bumped into my child in order to assault him, and I didn't make a fool of myself and risk being tossed out of the park or arrested. I focused on my child.

As for the bolded - of course I would defend my child if necessary. I imagine most mothers would, regardless of how "peace loving" they might be. However, the OP was not defending her child. The man had already moved on, and as she said she had to chase him down. She was simply retaliating. There's a difference.

It doesn't matter if the man was disabled or not. It doesn't matter if he felt badly for knocking the child down or not. The fact is that the OP assaulted the man for accidentally bumping into her child. She over reacted in a bizarre way and should have been ejected from the park for it. Yes, he was a jerk, but that in no way excuses her behavior.

 

[Monkeyfeet]

To punch someone for bumping in to you, no, not OK. But to punch someone for knocking a small child down to the point of injuring them, and to turn and see it and he kept going, that to me is defending children in the area. Who knows what other child he could knock over next if he is so reckless? Do you not beleive in the right to defend little children? No it is not a HUGE risk of serious harm, but I sure her punch was not so deadly either (no offense to the OP, just assuming and I apologize if she's got that powerful of a punch). To me, what the child would learn is that if someone hurts you, you don't just take it, you defend yourself (or your child).

I repeat none of us was there so it is hard to gage, but to be "saddened" over the description given as if this woman goes around picking fights in front of her children is over the top judgemental. Give me a BREAK!

So let's teach children that if someone acts in a violent manner to them then the appropriate reaction is to then be violent in return. Uh no thanks.

 

[spel]

right on! I don't normally support violent reactions, especially in front of children, but I can totally understand that kind of maternal reaction.

 

[crashbb]

right on! I don't normally support violent reactions, especially in front of children, but I can totally understand that kind of maternal reaction.

Sure, that's not a suspicious first post or anything....

 

[Loritlc3]

I'm confused! If the man was moving so quickly. How did you attend to your daughter and also catch up with him. Did you just drag her along without comforting her?

I understand being angry but people jostle into each other in crowds. If one of your kids knocked a little one over would you be then Okay with someone punching them?

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

How does one Accidently run between 2 people, look behind him and see that a child fell, and continued to Run off, yet I'm the bad one??????

Because he did it accidentally and you did it on PURPOSE.
I thought this was a joke post since no normal adult would resort to violence.

 

[CheshireSmile]

If this had happened in front of my attraction, I absolutely would have called Security for this type of behavior. And I have called Security in the past for violent outbursts such as this. It is not okay to hit someone, let alone chase them down and assault them. That would have been my reaction as a CM. If I had been a bystander, my reaction would have been the same. If I had been the victim, my reaction would have been the same. It was an unacceptable instance no matter what perspective you view it from.

 

[sweetpeakaris]

To punch someone for bumping in to you, no, not OK. But to punch someone for knocking a small child down to the point of injuring them, and to turn and see it and he kept going, that to me is defending children in the area. Who knows what other child he could knock over next if he is so reckless? Do you not beleive in the right to defend little children? No it is not a HUGE risk of serious harm, but I sure her punch was not so deadly either (no offense to the OP, just assuming and I apologize if she's got that powerful of a punch). To me, what the child would learn is that if someone hurts you, you don't just take it, you defend yourself (or your child).

I repeat none of us was there so it is hard to gage, but to be "saddened" over the description given as if this woman goes around picking fights in front of her children is over the top judgemental. Give me a BREAK!

I totally agree with you! I am not a violent person, and was simply defending my child. I got angry when he was aware of what happened, yet didn't acknowlege it. Like I said before, I bet he will be more careful around children, if not, someone else needs to punch him. I have been pushed, kicked, food knocked out of my hand, spit on by a kid, all at Disney, all were by accident, and I knew that. However, this situation was an accident as well, but he saw what he did, and didn't stop and apolygize, his only concern was the Parade, come on. If the man thought I was so wrong, he could have reported me, he must have obviously knew he was wrong!! My DD prolly wasn't the first kid he knocked down that day, but I hope she was the last. I think its funny how everyone is defending a grown man who was well aware of his actions.

BTW, People that witnessed the situation, told me to report him. People around us were angry. Not everyone takes a 200+lb man knocking a 35lb kid down lightly.

 

[sweetpeakaris]

I'm confused! If the man was moving so quickly. How did you attend to your daughter and also catch up with him. Did you just drag her along without comforting her?

I understand being angry but people jostle into each other in crowds. If one of your kids knocked a little one over would you be then Okay with someone punching them?

In case you missed it, we are talking about an Adult and a child. This is about an Adult hurting a child. Nothing about children and children! DH attended to DD.

 

[Loritlc3]

Oh I didn't miss it! I was just wondering where exactly you drew the line and how you can determine whether or not something is an accident.

I still am really curious about how you were able to care for your daughter in this situation? That was the part of the story that bothered me the most.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

I totally agree with you! I am not a violent person, and was simply defending my child.

You were not "defending your child" - your child was in no danger from this man.

You state you are not violent, but I have to disagree. You escalated a situation and instead of speaking rationally you went to punching.

 

[frndshpcptn]

I totally agree with you! I am not a violent person, and was simply defending my child. I got angry when he was aware of what happened, yet didn't acknowlege it. Like I said before, I bet he will be more careful around children, if not, someone else needs to punch him. I have been pushed, kicked, food knocked out of my hand, spit on by a kid, all at Disney, all were by accident, and I knew that. However, this situation was an accident as well, but he saw what he did, and didn't stop and apolygize, his only concern was the Parade, come on. If the man thought I was so wrong, he could have reported me, he must have obviously knew he was wrong!! My DD prolly wasn't the first kid he knocked down that day, but I hope she was the last. I think its funny how everyone is defending a grown man who was well aware of his actions.

BTW, People that witnessed the situation, told me to report him. People around us were angry. Not everyone takes a 200+lb man knocking a 35lb kid down lightly.

If I were a CM that witnessed the situation as you described (and I was a CM for two years) I would have had you thrown out of the park right away.

 

[sweetpeakaris]

Because he did it accidentally and you did it on PURPOSE.
I thought this was a joke post since no normal adult would resort to violence.

Yes, He must have been blind or something to accidently go between 2 people that were walking close together, injure one, and keep going. I ACCIDENTLY Punched him as well. It really was an accident, I couldn't control myself. I am not perfect.

 

[kimgg]

I think we are all imagining this situation differently in our minds. I am giving her the benefit of the doubt that she punched him to get him to see that his actions led and could lead to others being hurt. I don't see it as her "assaulting" him. Yes, legally it could be considered that so she did take a chance but we are not the police. I don't think people should think the worst of others automatically.

I think more people should act pro-actively to stop people who hurt children. That's just my opinion. Too many people are passive and let others be hurt for fear of being judged just as so many are doing here. Obviously we have differing opinions on this, and to each his own.

Just don't knock down my kid, please, or if you do knowingly do so, apologize. Thank you.

 

[Scurvy]

I am not a violent person, and was simply defending my child. I got angry when he was aware of what happened, yet didn't acknowlege it.

No, you weren't. You got angry and you were retaliating. The threat had passed, and there was nothing to defend your child against. I'm sure you know the difference between "defending" and "retaliating". If you had been given no choice but to resort to violence in order to defend your child I imagine no one on here would be criticizing you, but that isn't what happened.

Maybe you should have reported the man, though I doubt Disney would have done anything given that he accidentally knocked your child down. However, if it was really important to you that he pay for his "crime" then you should have reported him. There was absolutely no excuse for assaulting him.

ETA - It breaks my heart to think that your poor child got knocked down and had scraped knees, and then got dragged along so Mommy could assault some guy. The poor kid - you should have concentrated on your child instead.

I think we are all imagining this situation differently in our minds. I am giving her the benefit of the doubt that she punched him to get him to see that his actions led and could lead to others being hurt. I don't see it as her "assaulting" him. Yes, legally it could be considered that so she did take a chance but we are not the police. I don't think people should think the worst of others automatically.

I think more people should act pro-actively to stop people who hurt children. That's just my opinion. Too many people are passive and let others be hurt for fear of being judged just as so many are doing here. Obviously we have differing opinions on this, and to each his own.

Just don't knock down my kid, please, or if you do knowingly do so, apologize. Thank you.

It doesn't matter how we're imagining it. She herself said she punched him. That is assault. If she wanted him to learn a lesson she should have reported him and security could have punished him if it was warranted.

 

[kimgg]

You were not "defending your child" - your child was in no danger from this man

Um, well, the danger was already done so it is not like he was some innocent by-stander. If someone came and slapped your child, I guess you would just talk rationally to them also???? I don't think most parents are very "rational" when a grown person has hurt their child. I think it is silly so many people are worrying about the affect of a woman's punch on a 200 pound grown man and not about a grown man who goes around knocking down and injuring a little child. If someone hurt my child, I feel I am morally correct to hurt them. Now legally, that is different, but morally, it is just my opinion (and I would not normaly do so b/c I would not want to cause my child harm by seeing mommy arrested). But I live in Texas, and here we can shoot someone who is trying to steal from our home/trespassing, so a woman punching a guy who just caused injury to a child doesn't seem so steep to me. Maybe it's a regional thing. Not trying to cause a political debate, but just trying to point out why we might be seeing this all a little differently from each other.

 

[acejka]

I ACCIDENTLY Punched him as well. It really was an accident, I couldn't control myself. I am not perfect.

I really hope you are able to "perfect" yourself and learn some self control, since you say you can't control yourself... not just to keep yourself out of jail, but for your children as well.

This is one of those stories that I would have kept to myself if I were you. I understand being upset that your child got hurt by someone being careless, but really, how many scraped knees do you get in childhood? Was it really worth possibly having your daughter grow up remembering that time that she saw mommy go to jail at disneyworld? I know if it had been myself in that situation and you punched me, you would have been the owner of a pair of shiny new bracelets. Maybe the guy didn't see your daughter on the ground when he looked back, he might not have realized that he knocked a kid down.

 

[frndshpcptn]

Um, well, the danger was already done so it is not like he was some innocent by-stander. If someone came and slapped your child, I guess you would just talk rationally to them also???? I don't think most parents are very "rational" when a grown person has hurt their child. I think it is silly so many people are worrying about the affect of a woman's punch on a 200 pound grown man and not about a grown man who goes around knocking down and injuring a little child. If someone hurt my child, I feel I am morally correct to hurt them. Now legally, that is different, but morally, it is just my opinion (and I would not normaly do so b/c I would not want to cause my child harm by seeing mommy arrested). But I live in Texas, and here we can shoot someone who is trying to steal from our home/trespassing, so a woman punching a guy who just caused injury to a child doesn't seem so steep to me. Maybe it's a regional thing. Not trying to cause a political debate, but just trying to point out why we might be seeing this all a little differently from each other.

Cool - so if you bumped into my family walking down Main St and accidentally knocked over a child I had in my party and I can turn around and just deck you and it's ok.

Good to know

 

[CheshireSmile]

Adults are supposed to act like adults, not like children. Children hit when they get upset about something, or when someone slights them in their mind. Adults are supposed to be above this, hence why assault is against the law.