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Originally Posted by Huge-Smile
Hi SF_Boi,
The first issue is that this man felt empowered to (not use the court system), but to "discipline" his tenant who [allegedly] was afraid of ramifications. (Why does the landlord feel it is within his rights to do so?)
The second issue is that it (I am not saying you specifically, but comments I read in some of the papers that picked up the story) are making light of the story. (I confess, I laughed at first). I think this sort of thing makes victims reluctant to come forward.
The landlord was quoted (by the tenant; so allegedly) as saying "If you are going to act like a child, I am going to treat you like one" which implies that he feels it is acceptable to do that to a child.
Again, we don't have all the facts and maybe I am just reading too much into it, but I found this to be laden with problems.
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I was a wee bit more stumped by this:
"An Ohio landlord is accused of whipping a tenant with a belt on his bare buttocks for falling behind on his rent."
And then I found this article:
Landlord Ron Kronenberger whipped one of his tenants after the man failed to pay his rent on time. The tenant submitted to the punishment as a way of compensating for the delay in payment. Kronenberger used a belt to do the deed.
The incident in question took place in Waynesville, Ohio, at Hometown Marketplace, a supermarket owned by Kronenberger
According to The Inquisitr, the 29-year-old tenant owed Kronenberger $2,800 in back rent. When the tenant stopped by the office at the supermarket, he took off his pants and let Kronenberger whip him four times on his naked backside.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/oddba...ver-late-rent#
*raises eyebrow and refrains from comment*