grandmother sparks outrage by photographing grandchild in roasting pan

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2723447/Woman-sparks-outrage-posting-funny-photos-baby-granddaughter-roasting-pan-duct-tape-face.html

Ohio woman thought she was being funny when she photographed her baby granddaughter with duct tape on her face and lying in a roasting pan - but Facebook users who saw the images disagreed.

The grandmother, Jackie Sheaks, of Columbus, Ohio, set off a firestorm online that drew the attention of the local sheriff’s office when she shared the prank photos of her granddaughter.

In one of the images, the child's pacifier had been secured to her cheeks with two pieces of duct tape. In another, the infant is resting inside a large turkey roasting pan next to some potatoes.

[Journeyman]

1. Ah, just because you can, and just because you can document it, doesn't mean you should . . .

[LuvNewcastle]

2. Twisted Grandma!

Really, though, I think the photos are funny. Jesus, people need to stop the outrage over every little silly thing they see. It's just ridiculous.

[Skittles]

4. just curious

how is a duct-taped pacifier and a baby in a roasting pan funny? I just don't see it and I've got a pretty good sense of humor.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. Well the duct taped pacifier kind of makes the baby look like Hannibal Lecter.

It's just twisted humor. Remember the urban legend about the babysitter who has the acid flashback and cooks the baby in the oven and the parents find it when they get home from the party? That's what the baby in the roasting pan makes me think of. I guess you just have to have that sort of appreciation for dark humor.

But surely no one thought that granny was really thinking about cooking the baby, right? Did people really get that impression, because I don't see how they could view it as anything but a joke, even if they didn't really appreciate it themselves.

[azurnoir]

9. ever taken duct tape off skin?

now imagine that with a babies skin -that much right there is abusive in my book

[In_The_Wind]

11. +1

[MADem]

12. The picture of the kid, in jammies, in the roasting pan with the potatoes is darkly humorous--

in an Addams Family kind of way. It would probably be funnier if the kid was wearing a lobster or baked potato costume, and it was closer to halloween, too.

But the duct tape? I agree with you--that's just stupidity, if not abuse. If the kid keeps losing the pacifier, tie it to the jumper the kid is wearing.

It's the two things together that are jarring. The tape is just weird.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. Abusive?

Go talk to some people who have really been abused by their families and then get back to me about how serious this is. You know, victims of incest, beatings, and mental abuse. This is nothing but a fucking joke and people are getting outraged about it. There's a lot to be outraged about nowadays, but this dark little joke doesn't even register in my mind of things to be concerned about. In fact, I'll have forgotten about it by this afternoon.

[magical thyme]

15. the duct tape is not going to come off that baby's skin without causing pain

and possible injury... that is abuse.

Not as painful as the abuse you are talking about, but still deliberately inflicted abuse and very, very wrong.

I agree with the rest -- just dark humor.

[LuvNewcastle]

17. I'm thinking that she put the

duct tape on there in some way that didn't hurt the baby when it came off. She could have rubbed baby oil on the skin before applying the tape so it wouldn't hurt coming off.

There are lots of things she could've done to protect the skin before applying the tape. It's easy to make something look right for a photo.

[magical thyme]

19. hopefully you are right. the tape doesn't look stuck on one side of the baby's face

but it does look stuck on the other side.

Assuming she did protect the baby's face, I think it's a pretty funny comment about desperation over babies losing their pacifiers every other second. Same as babies smelling good enough to eat.

[Shelbylee92]

30. I agree

There are no marks on the baby, people really need to find something better to be entertained by... It was just a joke, weather people agree with it or not, it's not something to be outraged about! Seriously people??

[Hoppy]

16. The baby was cooked in a microwave. Not an oven. It was the friend of my wife's aunt's neighbor..

--- happened just last week.

[pnwmom]

28. "twisted" -- yes, "humor" -- no.

[uppityperson]

10. Seriously. eom

[Skittles]

3. disturbing that she thinks such scenarios are funny

bottom line is, would you want her babysitting your child? Hell no.

[marew]

8. Could not agree more!

What kind of sick mind would even think about something like that?

[Sunlei]

6. people should call the authorities when they see pics like this. Good that the baby is ok.

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. A Jonathan Swift reprise. Nt

"A Modest Proposal"

[ReRe]

14. That is the sickest thing I've ever seen.

This wouldn't even fly in Hustler.
Oh well, it seems it's open season on babies (Gaza.)

If my Mother did that with my baby, she would never lay eyes on it again.

[sufrommich]

18. The roasting pan joke doesn't bother me but

duct tape on baby skin does. Ouch.

[tammywammy]

20. Same here. n/t

[AngryAmish]

21. I got pics of a child sitting in a big La Crueset dutch oven

Believe it or not I did not braise her.

[msanthrope]

35. Was she your spit or someone else's get? nt

[boston bean]

22. That pacifier duct taped to the babies mouth and the pacifier covers

the nose is dangerous, and abusive imho.

You don't duct tape pacifiers to babies mouths EVER.

It could cause choking and breathing difficulty.

Why would anyone do this? To make it so the baby can't make a sound???

[The_Commonist]

23. Unfortunately, the roasting pan picture is just lame.

Funny idea, lame execution.
(and for the record, no... one should NOT duct tape a pacifier to a baby's mouth. that's cause for concern. the lame roasting pan pictures are not.)

I bet nobody was outraged by any of these photos:
(and anybody who is, is pretty lame)

[blue neen]

24. I don't think they're funny.

There are so many other cute, beautiful, funny settings for baby pictures. Cooking implements? Not so much.

So, if you think I'm lame....so be it.

[The_Commonist]

25. Not thinking it's funny is one thing.

Being outraged is another thing.
"Outrage Society" is getting pretty old.
People are constantly looking for things to be outraged about.
It's pretty frikkin' lame.
We've become a lame society...

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

27. And I'm almost certain I've seen one of those, or a very similar one

show up on the daytime show 'The Chew'.

Much ado about nothing.

[Liberal_in_LA]

33. the fire is turned on in the second picture.i hope that's photo shopped

[MADem]

36. I thought so too...but then I looked at it and maybe it's a blue paper/plastic plate

mimicking the blue flame of the gas?

I have a fairly new stove that has very efficient burners and I've never seen a flame THAT blue....

I am from New England and the kids or dogs in lobster costumes is a popular meme here, so I will admit those make me laugh. I've never seen the kids in the stew pot theme before this, though.

[mainer]

39. If the kid's smiling, it's cute

if the kid's not smiling, it's not so cute.

Love the baby in the lobster costume.

[Boom Sound 416]

26. The first picture should be a crime

[NightWatcher]

29. Anne Geddes FAIL.

I don't think she's sinister, just a weak attempt to be artistic.



Note. You don't have to share everything you do.

[backscatter712]

31. An atheist after my own heart!

[snooper2]

32. Social Justice Warriors, ATTACK!

[closeupready]

34. Non-story. Just gramma trying to be funny, probably.

The duct tape idea is a bad one, though.

[joeybee12]

37. Duct tape is a big no-no...

Hard to get off and God only knows what might happen if Meth Granny is distracted.

[KG]

38. 'Do you like children?'

WC Fields "I do if they're properly cooked."

[cyberswede]

40. That's what I thought of, too.

Or this:

Stephanie (Ingrid Bergman): How do you like children?

Harvey Greenfield (Jack Weston): Barbecued.



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