Article on Thomas Ball in the Boston Globe

piginapoke69 · 2011-07-10T19:29:58+00:00

Disappointing article with regards to counseling. Ball explains in his screed that he refused to do counseling sessions with the court-ordered counselor because it was the same woman that lied to his wife and told her she had to call the police or she (wife) would go to jail. He was willing to go to some other counselor. And after his case was dismissed then he thought it should be reflected by a change in the decision in family court. Of course, that judge refused.

Human-Stupidity_com · 2011-07-10T18:10:16+00:00

Took them a long time, but this is a nice article. Of course, they still give too much attention to his wife and the judge's position. But a good start.

Can't men's right proponents demand the surveillance videos, under some freedom of information act? That would become an icon for the father's right movement. A martyr. If he were a Muslim, he would deserve his 49 virgins in heaven!

Thomas Ball was so lucky he did not get "saved" by the extinguisher wielding policeman and spend a few months of torture in the burn unit of a hospital. Burning oneself is not a good method for suicide.

efaew · 2011-07-10T20:58:42+00:00

This article is still biased. When the article mentions that Ball's argument was that a parent has the right to use corporal punishment to discipline his children is infused with bias. The very words, "corporal punishment" are meant to strike fear in people and cause a reaction. Besides, that's not what Ball was advocating, and even more, corporal punishment is a loaded term -- we can all agree that there are degrees of physical discipline. Much of the article is about how much Ball hurt his wife and how it was his own fault for not complying with the court's orders. How did I know that there would be bias against Ball before even reading this article? I truly believe that Feminist bias will not end until a hundred years in the future when America crumbles economically and the true power of men is seen in the few who are economically well-off because of their own intellect and hard-work.

tomek77 · 2011-07-10T14:20:54+00:00

Maybe we can get Thomas Ball's article on Wikipedia back now?

If I remember correctly (?) it got deleted because mainstream media didn't cover the event?

darkamir · 2011-07-10T15:31:19+00:00

This was actually a very sympathetic article. Things are changing, slowly but surely.

Liverotto · 2011-07-10T15:22:18+00:00

He was taking aim squarely at the courts he blamed for keeping him apart from his kids and for what he saw as the system’s corrupt and ruthless emasculation of divorced dads.

“Face it boys, we are no longer fathers,’’ Ball wrote. “We are piggy banks.’’

I think the Arabs should infiltrate Men's Right Groups, generously finance them with their oil money, split Westerner society between men and manginas and punish this sick Western Feminist Society for always standing for the weak, be it in the home or in the Middle East.

Title	Article on Thomas Ball in the Boston Globe
Author	EvilPundit
Upvotes	15
Comments	21
Date	July 10, 2011 1:10 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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