Tiger Woods

deepimpact2 · #1 11-29-2009, 03:13 PM

Overblown.

They have a right to be private about domestic disputes if that really is what happened. I think people should respect that. Obviously if she hit him with the golf club she should be prosecuted, but if he doesn't want to press charges, that's on him. It is his choice.

As far as driving under the influence of prescription painkillers, I had not heard that. Either way they said that there was no evidence of alcohol or other drugs in his system. He was driving at a moderate speed. No big deal. I'm just glad he wasn't more seriously injured.

DrPhil · #2 11-29-2009, 03:18 PM

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Obviously if she hit him with the golf club she should be prosecuted, but if he doesn't want to press charges, that's on him. It is his choice.

Right.

And as with men who are accused of hitting women, the point will be driven home by whomever knows about the alleged incident even if the "abusee" insists on not talking about it/pressing charges.

als463 · #3 11-29-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by deepimpact2

Overblown.

They have a right to be private about domestic disputes if that really is what happened. I think people should respect that. Obviously if she hit him with the golf club she should be prosecuted, but if he doesn't want to press charges, that's on him. It is his choice.

As far as driving under the influence of prescription painkillers, I had not heard that. Either way they said that there was no evidence of alcohol or other drugs in his system. He was driving at a moderate speed. No big deal. I'm just glad he wasn't more seriously injured.

Isn't keeping quiet about domestic disputes a "bad" thing? I think if there is ever violence involved, it is not a good thing to keep it hush-hush. I'm hoping I read that wrong. I don't even know what is happening with Tiger Woods. I hope he isn't cheating on his wife.

DrPhil · #4 11-29-2009, 03:59 PM

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Isn't keeping quiet about domestic disputes a "bad" thing? I think if there is ever violence involved, it is not a good thing to keep it hush-hush.

I agree.

A lot of people (not speaking for deepimpact) only care when it's a woman getting her ass beaten.

epchick · #5 11-29-2009, 04:26 PM

Where is it written that she hit HIM with the golf club? Everything I've read or heard has said she used the golf club to break the window and get him out of the car. That is a far different story than a domestic violence one.

ASUADPi · #6 11-29-2009, 04:35 PM

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Where is it written that she hit HIM with the golf club? Everything I've read or heard has said she used the golf club to break the window and get him out of the car. That is a far different story than a domestic violence one.

Thats just what I read. It was like 2:30am and she heard the crash and came out and broke the window with his golf club to get him out of the car.

What domestic violence on the car?

epchick · #7 11-29-2009, 04:39 PM

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What domestic violence on the car?

well hopefully the car speaks out, you never hear about woman-on-car violence! lol

als463 · #8 11-29-2009, 04:42 PM

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well hopefully the car speaks out, you never hear about woman-on-car violence! lol

Woman-on-Car Violence (lol)....No, I thought they said that she hit him. If it was just breaking a window of his car or something-that is one thing. If there is physical abuse going on, that is another.

KSig RC · #9 12-01-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Thats just what I read. It was like 2:30am and she heard the crash and came out and broke the window with his golf club to get him out of the car.

What domestic violence on the car?

You'd really have to loooooove celebrity culture or taking stories at face value to not understand how absurdly unlikely that story really is.

deepimpact2 · #10 11-29-2009, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by als463

Isn't keeping quiet about domestic disputes a "bad" thing? I think if there is ever violence involved, it is not a good thing to keep it hush-hush. I'm hoping I read that wrong. I don't even know what is happening with Tiger Woods. I hope he isn't cheating on his wife.

A domestic DISPUTE and domestic VIOLENCE are two different things. I used the terminology "domestic dispute" to refer to the typical arguments that husbands and wives have with each other. And no, keeping quiet about those kinds of things is not bad. It means they are just keeping their business private. Right now, we really don't know if she actually hit him or not. It is simply speculation. And there has been nothing to indicate that he hit her either.

DrPhil · #11 11-30-2009, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by deepimpact2

A domestic DISPUTE and domestic VIOLENCE are two different things. I used the terminology "domestic dispute" to refer to the typical arguments that husbands and wives have with each other. And no, keeping quiet about those kinds of things is not bad. It means they are just keeping their business private. Right now, we really don't know if she actually hit him or not. It is simply speculation. And there has been nothing to indicate that he hit her either.

Thanks for the clarification.

As you know, what you said is accurate in terms of the legal definition of domestic dispute versus domestic violence.

However, it is arguably not the more mainstream/common use of "domestic dispute," which is probably why als463 responded as she did.