Jacques Sauve (center) and some of his team members with their new laptop.
Unless you’ve been completely disconnected from the Internet for the past two months or so, you may have seen this video of Mr. Tommy Jordan, a North Carolina father who dramatically destroyed his daughter’s laptop after she posted some nasty stuff on Facebook.
Ok, so he shot her laptop with his .45.
Needless to say, the video went viral and opinions were polarized as to whether he went too far.
I don’t care about the “shooting of the laptop”. Enough has been said about that.
What I do care about is Mr. Jordan’s message: that we need to own up to the fact that we need to educate our kids that there are consequences to living in a digital world, and that with the freedom to post things publicly comes a certain responsibility. As he stated in his blogs after all this happened, it’s not up to the schools or the education system to teach them; ultimately, it is our job as parents to make sure they get that.
I have two wonderful daughters of my own,14 & 12, and I’m happy to say that so far we’re very proud of who they are. I’m hoping that this is some kind of reflection on my wife and I’s work. We’ve done things differently, but to quote Mr. Jordan himself:
“Modern” parenting raises ill-prepared kids who can’t do anything and have no skills because they’re protected from even LEARNING them until 18 years old, at which time you want us parents to throw them out into the world, send them off to college, and expect them to be productive members of society? You can take your “modern” parenting, and shove it. Jeezus people. Half of you think chores at 15 are too much! God forbid we make them actually WORK too!
I agree!
I also like the fact that he received great support:
The police by the way said “Kudos, Sir” and most of them made their kids watch it. I actually had a “thank you” from an entire detectives squad. And another police officer is using it in a positive manner in his presentation for the school system.
Recently, Mr. Jordan decided to shoot another laptop to raise money for charity, in response to everyone who asked “Hey Tommy, when are you gonna shoot another laptop?”
The laptop on display at the Adaris office.
I certainly didn’t ask him to shoot anything else, but decided to bid on the laptop for several reasons:
- To show my support for Mr. Jordan’s position on taking ownership of our kids’ education
- To help his fundraiser
- Why not? Own a part of a great Internet viral story!
- I work on a Mac, anyways – I don’t like PCs either! (Ooooh, this’ll draw the ire of a couple of trolls! LOL!)
That’s all! Stay happy, folks!
Jacques Sauve
President
Adaris Technologies
I think its great that you purchased the laptop- and even more so that most of the funds are going to a good cause! Great job!
I am a former U.S. marshal, raised two children in the L.A. area… today is a new ballgame with the Internet and attitudes from little brats who think the world owes them a living. Good for Tommy, good for the world !
Bill: The world DOES owe them a living. They didn’t ask to be born. If you find parenting tough, why did you have kids? (Yes, I have three children of my own. Two daughters and one son. I have never had to consider resorting to violence, such as shooting a possession of theirs, to make a point. Neither did my parents, and trust me, I was a handful.)