Video of happy man vigorously swinging baby around room

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Posted at 2008/12/08/1728 by farkinga
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RTFA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiSjtLzgD8Y

Video of happy man vigorously swinging baby around room guy swinging baby baby swing swing baby

This video has been on the Internets for a while now, but it’s just so insane that I had to finally post it. Er, no – the reason I had to post it comes from this article:

A Queensland man has been charged for re-publishing on a video-sharing site a viral video of a man swinging a baby around like a rag doll.

The controversial three-minute video had already been published widely across the internet and shown on American TV news shows. The clip can still be found online today.

Chris Illingworth, 60, a father of four from Maroochydore, thought he would share it with fellow users of Liveleak, a site similar to YouTube but focused on news and current events. In two years, he has uploaded hundreds of videos to Liveleak.

His home was raided on Sunday, November 30, by Queensland Police from Task Force Argos, which specialises in combating child pornography and child groomers.

He was charged with using the internet to access and publish child-abuse material and is scheduled to appear in court in Maroochydore on December 18.

Via Boing Boing.

UPDATE 2008-12-08: Okay – I think there is another story brewing here… But for now, I will simply post a link to another copy of the video:

http://vodpod.com/watch/1131331-video-of-man-swinging-baby-forums

Basically, this video has nearly been eradicated from the Internet. That’s right – almost no video sites still provide it, and it is somewhat disturbing that any content could be effectively filtered from the world. I think it’s critical to be able to watch this video, if only because it is creating such a stir.

And PEOPLE, this video isn’t obvious abuse. If the kid were crying, it would be obvious. Instead, the kid is laughing. Therefore, it’s ambiguous. Since it’s ambiguous, it’s ripe for discussion. Censoring the video from the world gets in the way of discussion.

UPDATE 2008-12-08: Lest there be any confusion, I’m not the one who uploaded this video. I don’t know who did, but let’s NOT go on a witch hunt for that person/robot…

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  • thatdadneedstogotojail
    The man doing this and the idiot taping it (which is probably the dumb ass mother) need to be arrested! are you kidding me he's lucky he's not breaking that babys arms or dislocating them . It made me sick to my stomach watching this . And the baby is not laughing, its probably holding its breath from the terror!! You dont hear any sounds from the baby until its relieved that the torture is over. That baby is so dizzy when he puts it down that it cant even walk. This is abuse , I think that baby needs to be taken away from these two idiots before it ends up badly hurt!! Anyone who thinks this is ok to do to a baby needs to be fucking hung.
  • farkinga
    Actually, though, it does look like fun...
  • farkinga
    FTA, the ACTUAL father isn't in question here - the article is about some Aussie who REPOSTED the video... that is, he grabbed it from the Internets and just uploaded it to a different site. Someone else had already uploaded it... then the cops busted into his place, using some child-porn-esque laws.
  • circus-circus
    Wow, that looks fun! Maybe papa was training his child for the circus... what's justifiable punishment, swinging the dad by a noose for 2 minutes?
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