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* A woman murdered her teenage son and daughter for mouthing [http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/29/florida.children.killed/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn off at her].
* A woman murdered her teenage son and daughter for mouthing [http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/29/florida.children.killed/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn off at her].
* A boy who was given nothing to drink as punishment for wetting the bed died from dehydration. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/jonathan-james-10-dies-fr_n_943168.html Seen here.]
* A boy who was given nothing to drink as punishment for wetting the bed died from dehydration. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/jonathan-james-10-dies-fr_n_943168.html Seen here.]
* A 3-year-old girl froze to death after her mom and her mom's boyfriend locked her in a bedroom and left the window open when it was ''minus 30 degrees'' outside. Her younger sister was also punished in the same fashion, but thankfully did not die (but she did suffer from hypothermia). Why did the girls receive such fierce punishment? [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/04/alaska-girl-locked-freezing-bedroom-dies_n_1319634.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk1%26pLid%3D140492 They wet their beds.]
* A 3-year-old girl froze to death after her mom and her mom's boyfriend locked her in a bedroom and left the window open when it was ''minus 30 degrees'' outside. Her younger sister was also punished in the same fashion, but thankfully did not die (but she did suffer from hypothermia). Why did the girls receive such fierce punishment? [https://web.archive.org/web/20120624044246/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/04/alaska-girl-locked-freezing-bedroom-dies_n_1319634.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk1%26pLid%3D140492 They wet their beds.]
* Wasps. They will sting you if you make them angry. Unfortunately, unlike their relative, the nicer-by-comparison bee, a wasp's stinger never breaks off, which means it will stab you repeatedly if it wanted to.
* Wasps. They will sting you if you make them angry. Unfortunately, unlike their relative, the nicer-by-comparison bee, a wasp's stinger never breaks off, which means it will stab you repeatedly if it wanted to.
* [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] was once kidnapped by pirates. What seemed to offend him most was the way they treated him- not too bad, but not as well as he thought they should, and he actually spent a lot of time bossing them around. One thing that really annoyed him was the fact that they asked for a ransom for his release- he thought the ransom was too ''low'' and demanded they raise it. He promised that when he got free he would kill every last one of them ... and he did. As soon as he could he mustered up a force that captured them all and then arranged to have them crucified. The local governor thought this was a bit harsh and lessened the sentence to slavery, but Caesar went behind the governor's back and oversaw the crucifixions personally. As an act of mercy, their throats were slit. Generally speaking, Caesar was forgiving of Roman enemies, but non-Roman citizens who he felt slighted him were in for a world of pain.
* [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] was once kidnapped by pirates. What seemed to offend him most was the way they treated him- not too bad, but not as well as he thought they should, and he actually spent a lot of time bossing them around. One thing that really annoyed him was the fact that they asked for a ransom for his release- he thought the ransom was too ''low'' and demanded they raise it. He promised that when he got free he would kill every last one of them ... and he did. As soon as he could he mustered up a force that captured them all and then arranged to have them crucified. The local governor thought this was a bit harsh and lessened the sentence to slavery, but Caesar went behind the governor's back and oversaw the crucifixions personally. As an act of mercy, their throats were slit. Generally speaking, Caesar was forgiving of Roman enemies, but non-Roman citizens who he felt slighted him were in for a world of pain.
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** The really sick thing about that was the teacher didn't even name the bear after the Prophet - the bear was named after one of the kids in her class.
** The really sick thing about that was the teacher didn't even name the bear after the Prophet - the bear was named after one of the kids in her class.
** As bad as this was, the event led to another form of disproportionate retribution. In short, ''[[South Park]]'' parodied this in their (in)famous "Mohammed" episode where, after making a big deal out of the Prophet appearing at all (Flashback: the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons), he shows up in a bear suit. The response from the Muslim world? Trey Parker and Matt Stone ending up on a Jihad website's hit list.
** As bad as this was, the event led to another form of disproportionate retribution. In short, ''[[South Park]]'' parodied this in their (in)famous "Mohammed" episode where, after making a big deal out of the Prophet appearing at all (Flashback: the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons), he shows up in a bear suit. The response from the Muslim world? Trey Parker and Matt Stone ending up on a Jihad website's hit list.
* [http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92681?fp=1 This story] about a senior student being denied his diploma and by extension, graduation... only because he blew a kiss to his family.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110329092331/http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92681?fp=1 This story] about a senior student being denied his diploma and by extension, graduation... only because he blew a kiss to his family.
* Griselda "The Godmother" Blanco would kill anyone and their families who owed her money, which the other drug lords found to be extremely stupid ("[[The Mafia]] would beat debtors half to death; they'd be in the hospital but still alive to pay the next time.")
* Griselda "The Godmother" Blanco would kill anyone and their families who owed her money, which the other drug lords found to be extremely stupid ("[[The Mafia]] would beat debtors half to death; they'd be in the hospital but still alive to pay the next time.")
* A firefighter tried to stop a man from riding his bike on a busy road with his three-year-old in the back seat. [http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200907270015/NEWS01/907270323 By shooting at him].
* A firefighter tried to stop a man from riding his bike on a busy road with his three-year-old in the back seat. [http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200907270015/NEWS01/907270323 By shooting at him]{{Dead link}}.
** And in an inversion of the trope, his punishment? [http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/man-gets-120-days-for-shooting-cyclist-in-the-head.html 120 days in prison].
** And in an inversion of the trope, his punishment? [http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/man-gets-120-days-for-shooting-cyclist-in-the-head.html 120 days in prison].
* A very alarming and unusual example happened in [http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/06/05/bulldozer.rampage/ Granby, Colorado], when one [[wikipedia:Marvin Heemeyer|Mr. Marvin Heemeyer]] used steel plating and concrete blocks to convert a bulldozer into a ''battle tank'', complete with more than a foot of armor, video cameras so he could see what was going on from inside and semi-automatics to shoot stuff. He then took this new toy on a joyride, blowing up (among other things) the Town Hall, the office of the local newspaper that editorialized against him, and the home of a former judge's widow. He only stopped when the machine conked out and he committed suicide. The reason for this rampage? A concrete plant was going to be set up next to his business and he felt it would cause problems for him.
* A very alarming and unusual example happened in [http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/06/05/bulldozer.rampage/ Granby, Colorado], when one [[wikipedia:Marvin Heemeyer|Mr. Marvin Heemeyer]] used steel plating and concrete blocks to convert a bulldozer into a ''battle tank'', complete with more than a foot of armor, video cameras so he could see what was going on from inside and semi-automatics to shoot stuff. He then took this new toy on a joyride, blowing up (among other things) the Town Hall, the office of the local newspaper that editorialized against him, and the home of a former judge's widow. He only stopped when the machine conked out and he committed suicide. The reason for this rampage? A concrete plant was going to be set up next to his business and he felt it would cause problems for him.
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** While the ''[[South Park]]'' creators have affirmed that Cartman's rant against ''[[Family Guy]]'' is pretty much in their own words, [[Just Between You and Me|the tone of this speech]] and the overall plot of the two-parter takes for granted that ''[[Family Guy]]'' is a good show that ought to stay on the air, with writers that cannot create in an atmosphere of censorship.
** While the ''[[South Park]]'' creators have affirmed that Cartman's rant against ''[[Family Guy]]'' is pretty much in their own words, [[Just Between You and Me|the tone of this speech]] and the overall plot of the two-parter takes for granted that ''[[Family Guy]]'' is a good show that ought to stay on the air, with writers that cannot create in an atmosphere of censorship.
** [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/television/23park.html Although Comedy Central caved] when they found themselves the target of DR
** [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/television/23park.html Although Comedy Central caved] when they found themselves the target of DR
* A man in San Francisco believed that his sister and her husband were "too liberal, were raising their children wrong and because they hadn't invited him over for Christmas". His response? ''Murder them in front of their children, then try to adopt the kids himself.'' He still believes he was justified. The article is [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/14/BAL81A4SU0.DTL#ixzz0U6ujyC6b here].
* A man in San Francisco believed that his sister and her husband were "too liberal, were raising their children wrong and because they hadn't invited him over for Christmas". His response? ''Murder them in front of their children, then try to adopt the kids himself.'' He still believes he was justified. The article is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120306073002/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2009%2F10%2F14%2FBAL81A4SU0.DTL#ixzz0U6ujyC6b here].
* According to [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.164218?page=1 this] a graffiti tagger was sent to jail for '''eight years'''.
* According to [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.164218?page=1 this] a graffiti tagger was sent to jail for '''eight years'''.
* The Emperor Yong Le, third Emperor of Ming China, usurped power from his nephew and asked one of the former Emperor's advisors to write his inaugural address in order to legitimize his rule. Out of loyalty to the deposed Emperor and staunch adherence to Confucianism, the advisor absolutely refused, in spite of threats to his well-being. Eventually, Yong Le made a rather extreme example of him and killed him, along with ''his entire extended family and all of his students and peers'', totaling nearly 900 people.
* The Emperor Yong Le, third Emperor of Ming China, usurped power from his nephew and asked one of the former Emperor's advisors to write his inaugural address in order to legitimize his rule. Out of loyalty to the deposed Emperor and staunch adherence to Confucianism, the advisor absolutely refused, in spite of threats to his well-being. Eventually, Yong Le made a rather extreme example of him and killed him, along with ''his entire extended family and all of his students and peers'', totaling nearly 900 people.
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* In his book on the group, Hunter S. Thompson notes that this was a feature of the Hell's Angels private code of justice: total retaliation against anyone who messed with them. Also, if an Angel and a non-Angel are having a dispute, other Angels automatically side with the former. Thompson discovered this first hand when he told off an Angel for domestic abuse, saying "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Only a punk beats his wife.]]" - they proceeded to beat ten shades of hell out of him, ending his association with the group.
* In his book on the group, Hunter S. Thompson notes that this was a feature of the Hell's Angels private code of justice: total retaliation against anyone who messed with them. Also, if an Angel and a non-Angel are having a dispute, other Angels automatically side with the former. Thompson discovered this first hand when he told off an Angel for domestic abuse, saying "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Only a punk beats his wife.]]" - they proceeded to beat ten shades of hell out of him, ending his association with the group.
* ZD and ZT
* ZD and ZT
** [[wikipedia:Zero-defects mentality|Zero-defects mentality]]: [http://mcnodoze.blogspot.com/2008/12/brett-favre-packers-and-zero-defects.html\], [http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Zero-defects_mentality\], [http://www.leanessays.com/2010/11/zero-defects-mentality.html\], [http://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2009/03/zero-defects-are-you-kidding-me.html\]
** [[wikipedia:Zero-defects mentality|Zero-defects mentality]]: [http://mcnodoze.blogspot.com/2008/12/brett-favre-packers-and-zero-defects.html\], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150906081411/http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Zero-defects_mentality], [http://www.leanessays.com/2010/11/zero-defects-mentality.html\], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150323005619/http://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2009/03/zero-defects-are-you-kidding-me.html]
** [[wikipedia:Zero tolerance (disambiguation)|Zero tolerance]]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_tolerance\], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_tolerance_(schools)\], [[Disproportionate Retribution]], [[Sacred Hospitality]], [[The Extremist Was Right]], [[Values Dissonance/Film]]
** [[wikipedia:Zero tolerance (disambiguation)|Zero tolerance]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20180821091135/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_tolerance], [https://web.archive.org/web/20171105155135/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_tolerance_%28schools%29], [[Disproportionate Retribution]], [[Sacred Hospitality]], [[The Extremist Was Right]], [[Values Dissonance/Film]]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/education/12discipline.html Zero-tolerance] [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2009/10/16/school-chief-sticks-zero-tolerance-ruling-eagle-scout/ policies] regarding [http://www.thisistrue.com/zt.html weapons] [http://www.ketv.com/education/5027982/detail.html in schools].
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/education/12discipline.html Zero-tolerance] [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2009/10/16/school-chief-sticks-zero-tolerance-ruling-eagle-scout/ policies] regarding [http://www.thisistrue.com/zt.html weapons] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120127105953/http://www.ketv.com/education/5027982/detail.html in schools].
** Not just weapons, but also "drugs" in the loosest sense of the term. Students have been suspended for carrying such "dangerous substances" as aspirin, Midol, and '''mouthwash.'''
** Not just weapons, but also "drugs" in the loosest sense of the term. Students have been suspended for carrying such "dangerous substances" as aspirin, Midol, and '''mouthwash.'''
*** There is a case where a kid got suspended for carrying insulin. Or freaking labeled a drug dealer on their permanent record for [http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/1997/10/01/968/lifes-not-so-sweet-yet-another-student-suspended-for-glucose-tablets/ glucose tablets]. That's as dangerous as candy.
*** There is a case where a kid got suspended for carrying insulin. Or freaking labeled a drug dealer on their permanent record for [http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/1997/10/01/968/lifes-not-so-sweet-yet-another-student-suspended-for-glucose-tablets/ glucose tablets]. That's as dangerous as candy.
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* [http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Chicago-man-wears-Packers-tie-to-work-is-prompt?urn=nfl-311976 A Chicago man is fired from his job for wearing a Green Bay Packers tie.] [[Serious Business]] indeed.
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Chicago-man-wears-Packers-tie-to-work-is-prompt?urn=nfl-311976 A Chicago man is fired from his job for wearing a Green Bay Packers tie.] [[Serious Business]] indeed.
* A Youtube singer decides to, for laughs, edit a video of him singing to a group of children so it sounds like he's singing a not-so-harmless song. For some reason, now every [[Moral Guardians|parent within a 5-mile radius]] wants his head, and he's been [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweZ5GBmBjk&feature=player_embedded arrested and taken to court], and is threatened with ''20 years in prison maximum.''
* A Youtube singer decides to, for laughs, edit a video of him singing to a group of children so it sounds like he's singing a not-so-harmless song. For some reason, now every [[Moral Guardians|parent within a 5-mile radius]] wants his head, and he's been [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweZ5GBmBjk&feature=player_embedded arrested and taken to court], and is threatened with ''20 years in prison maximum.''
** He got 60 days, 2 years probation, 200 hours of community service, costs and fines, and has to stay 500 feet away from areas where children under 17 gather during this period. He's also ''banned'' from singing the song in question. [http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/04/ready_to_edit_evan_sentenced_t.html\]
** He got 60 days, 2 years probation, 200 hours of community service, costs and fines, and has to stay 500 feet away from areas where children under 17 gather during this period. He's also ''banned'' from singing the song in question. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180911180300/https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/04/ready_to_edit_evan_sentenced_t.html]
* In 2005, Robert McCartney and Brendan Devine were savagely beaten and stabbed by IRA members outside a Belfast pub; Devine survived, McCartney died in hospital the next day. The motive? One of them was accused of making a rude gesture to the wife of an IRA member.
* In 2005, Robert McCartney and Brendan Devine were savagely beaten and stabbed by IRA members outside a Belfast pub; Devine survived, McCartney died in hospital the next day. The motive? One of them was accused of making a rude gesture to the wife of an IRA member.
* Thirteen record companies suing LimeWire asked for ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110316171937/http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202486102650&Manhattan_Federal_Judge_Kimba_Wood_Calls_Record_Companies_Request_for__Trillion_in_Damages_Absurd_in_Lime_Wire_Copyright_Case $75 trillion dollars]'' for copyright violations. While it would ''seem'' to be a perfectly proportioned retribution, as that's how much money they took from them because some people think they have the right to someone else's creations, the judge disagreed with the request and instead set a more reasonable penalty amounting to the cost of each infringed work instead of the cost of each infringement.
* Thirteen record companies suing LimeWire asked for ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110316171937/http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202486102650&Manhattan_Federal_Judge_Kimba_Wood_Calls_Record_Companies_Request_for__Trillion_in_Damages_Absurd_in_Lime_Wire_Copyright_Case $75 trillion dollars]'' for copyright violations. While it would ''seem'' to be a perfectly proportioned retribution, as that's how much money they took from them because some people think they have the right to someone else's creations, the judge disagreed with the request and instead set a more reasonable penalty amounting to the cost of each infringed work instead of the cost of each infringement.
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* Canada Geese ''will'' attack you if you get close to their nest. Or if they want food. Or if they feel like it.
* Canada Geese ''will'' attack you if you get close to their nest. Or if they want food. Or if they feel like it.
** Or if they don't feel like it.
** Or if they don't feel like it.
* Stung by a bee. The response? [[Kill It with Fire|Torch]] [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110829/us-odd-beehive-gasoline-explosion/ the entire hive.]
* Stung by a bee. The response? [[Kill It with Fire|Torch]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123135739/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110829/us-odd-beehive-gasoline-explosion/ the entire hive.]
* A cop pulls a gun when his hummer gets pelted with snowballs, prompting the jovial mood at the time to turn downright ugly - [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8424836.stm Don't bring a gun to a snowball fight]! More details [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8423705.stm here].
* A cop pulls a gun when his hummer gets pelted with snowballs, prompting the jovial mood at the time to turn downright ugly - [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8424836.stm Don't bring a gun to a snowball fight]! More details [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8423705.stm here].
* There was this promoter who tried everything they could to have [[Metallica|one band]] allowed to perform in India during the 2011 Grand Prix, but the promoter failed after a security flaw was discovered to halt the original concert and the concert was pulled altogether after it couldn't secure a permit for the band to perform. The consequence? Four concert organizers in prison for six days on fraud charges. Apparently, the Indians consider concerts cancelled on such short notice to be [[Serious Business]], so much that this could very well be the first time a single concert cancellation resulted in prison time for even one concert organizer.
* There was this promoter who tried everything they could to have [[Metallica|one band]] allowed to perform in India during the 2011 Grand Prix, but the promoter failed after a security flaw was discovered to halt the original concert and the concert was pulled altogether after it couldn't secure a permit for the band to perform. The consequence? Four concert organizers in prison for six days on fraud charges. Apparently, the Indians consider concerts cancelled on such short notice to be [[Serious Business]], so much that this could very well be the first time a single concert cancellation resulted in prison time for even one concert organizer.
* A girl in New York City had to go to jail for 36 hours. Why? Because she didn't have her school ID.
* A girl in New York City had to go to jail for 36 hours. Why? Because she didn't have her school ID.
* A woman burned down someone's house, why? [http://thedailywh.at/2011/11/02/facebook-is-serious-business-of-the-day/ Because she defriended her on facebook.] [[Serious Business]] indeed.
* A woman burned down someone's house, why? [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106133554/http://thedailywh.at/2011/11/02/facebook-is-serious-business-of-the-day/ Because she defriended her on facebook.] [[Serious Business]] indeed.
** There is also a case of a couple unfriended a woman where [[Papa Wolf|her father]] ''[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/couple-unfriends-woman-on-facebook-father-murders-them/8930 murdered them because of that]''
** There is also a case of a couple unfriended a woman where [[Papa Wolf|her father]] ''[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/couple-unfriends-woman-on-facebook-father-murders-them/8930 murdered them because of that]''
* A woman faces three years in prison just because [http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/jaywalking-mom-appeals-judges-1225830.html she crossed an intersection with her three kids and one of them ran off on his own and was felled by an impaired driver]. Sound crazy enough? Well, here's something that's even crazier than that: the one who killed her child only served six ''months''.
* A woman faces three years in prison just because [https://web.archive.org/web/20120805031002/http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/jaywalking-mom-appeals-judges-1225830.html she crossed an intersection with her three kids and one of them ran off on his own and was felled by an impaired driver]. Sound crazy enough? Well, here's something that's even crazier than that: the one who killed her child only served six ''months''.
** She was jaywalking, not crossing at the intersection (for the record, the nearest one was ''over an hour's walk away'' and it was late at night), and this, combined with endangering the life of a minor, is where her charge comes from. Still reprehensible and something she in no way deserves, though.
** She was jaywalking, not crossing at the intersection (for the record, the nearest one was ''over an hour's walk away'' and it was late at night), and this, combined with endangering the life of a minor, is where her charge comes from. Still reprehensible and something she in no way deserves, though.
* Hammurabi's law code contains many examples of this ([[Fair for Its Day|though, to be fair, it was much more benevolent than many other codes at the time]]). For example, someone who stole from a temple had to pay a fine equal to ''30 times'' the cost of the stolen item. If they were unable or unwilling to do so, they would be put to death.
* Hammurabi's law code contains many examples of this ([[Fair for Its Day|though, to be fair, it was much more benevolent than many other codes at the time]]). For example, someone who stole from a temple had to pay a fine equal to ''30 times'' the cost of the stolen item. If they were unable or unwilling to do so, they would be put to death.
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* This shirt encourages one to [http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8200/eatj.jpg eat their friends if they don't get Internet Humor.]
* This shirt encourages one to [http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8200/eatj.jpg eat their friends if they don't get Internet Humor.]
** Though if you take that seriously, [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/insanity-wolf you might be among the crowd to be eaten].
** Though if you take that seriously, [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/insanity-wolf you might be among the crowd to be eaten].
* [http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-mom-beaten-by-kids-after-throwing-out-beer-20111207,0,7899948.story Teens brutally beat their mother after she gets rid of their beer]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120109034022/http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-mom-beaten-by-kids-after-throwing-out-beer-20111207,0,7899948.story Teens brutally beat their mother after she gets rid of their beer]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1ujzRidmU In February 2012], a 15 year old girl complained about her parents giving her a bunch of chores on [[Facebook]]. Her dad's response to teach her a lesson? Not to punish her by taking away her laptop, but by taking out a gun and shooting a full clip into it.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1ujzRidmU In February 2012], a 15 year old girl complained about her parents giving her a bunch of chores on [[Facebook]]. Her dad's response to teach her a lesson? Not to punish her by taking away her laptop, but by taking out a gun and shooting a full clip into it.
* A 9-year-old girl in Alabama lied to her grandmother and stepmother about eating some candy she was not supposed to have. Her punishment? [http://news.yahoo.com/2-charged-death-ala-girl-forced-run-082216169.html Being forced to run for three hours straight.] [[Tear Jerker|Sadly]], she died as a result of severe dehydration.
* A 9-year-old girl in Alabama lied to her grandmother and stepmother about eating some candy she was not supposed to have. Her punishment? [http://news.yahoo.com/2-charged-death-ala-girl-forced-run-082216169.html Being forced to run for three hours straight.] [[Tear Jerker|Sadly]], she died as a result of severe dehydration.
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