Quote: (02-11-2012 04:12 PM)BortimusPrime Wrote:
You hit the nail on the head. He seems more fixated on defending his honor as a Southern gentleman, while transparently trying to claim the issue is about self-sufficiency. If he was really focused on teaching his daughter a lesson about taking him for granted, he wouldn't have bought her all the stuff he's destroying now.
I don't buy that. The best way to show that you canot be taken for granted is not to avoid giving at all-it is to give, but show that said giving can be taken away if certain conditions are not met.
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Plus shooting the computer is just stupid. If he's such an IT genius as he claims, he could easily wipe the HD and sell the computer on eBay to compensate himself for the $130 he was ranting about having spent on her.
You're viewing this as a business transaction, which is missing the point. The goal is to send a very clear message, not to save money.
Your idea sounds nice, but it doesn't convey the message as clearly of effectively as this does. He could give a fuck about what the computer costs-its about her learning a lesson, and this is the most impactful way to make that happen.
Know your enemy and know yourself, find naught in fear for 100 battles. Know yourself but not your enemy, find level of loss and victory. Know thy enemy but not yourself, wallow in defeat every time.