Bad Parenting 101

There are some awful parents in the world. There are the parents who beat their children black and blue, there are the parents which are addicted to drugs.

And then there’s the fucking asshole who waterboarded his own 4 year-old daughter.

I am not making this shit up.

For those who don’t know, waterboarding is:

a torture technique that consists of immobilizing the subject on his back with the head inclined downwards; water is then poured over the face into breathing passages, causing the captive to believe he or she is dying. In contrast to submerging the head face-forward in water, waterboarding precipitates an almost immediate gag reflex.

According to wikipedia.

How bad of a parent do you have to be to do this to your daughter because she can’t remember the alphabet? When she’s fucking four! I’m sorry about the horrific language here, but the last time I was this angered by the treatment of a child it was when I was reading about Fritzl. Of course, this is nowhere near that level of horror, but it’s still more than enough to send me over the peak. It’s when things like this happen that I start to think maybe having a test to see if you’d be allowed have a child is a good idea. Weed out the sick freaks like this guy and other equally messed up individuals.

In my opinion (as of writing this, it might well change in the future) being a parent is not a right. It’s a privilege. You have no right to have children if you can’t take care of them or even try to. I know not everyone winds up being a good parent, and it’s not always their fault. But if you’re a sadist you have no right to your child. Being a parent is a privilege, and if you abuse it then you should have that privilege taken away, possibly for good.

Opinions? What should happen to this guy? Does it make you question the idea that parenting is a right?