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Photo of a Baby Doing a ‘Keg Stand’ at Tailgate Party Draws Outrage: ‘They Should Be Jailed’

Sep. 26, 2012 11:51am Erica Ritz

Photo of Baby Doing Keg Stand at Arizona State University Draws Outrage, Laughs

(Photo via ABC15)

A picture of a baby doing what appears to be a keg stand– an act typically performed in college when two friends hold a person upside down while they guzzle excessive quantities of beer– has caused outrage with one woman even saying the perpetrators should be “jailed.”

Posted on thedirty.com, most are at least are agreeing that the picture is in poor taste or “just wrong.”

Fox10 News has more:

[It's] not clear if the child was actually drinking beer, but you can clearly see the nozzle in his mouth. Onlookers snapped photos as an adult held the child up for a “keg stand,” where a person is held upside down and drinks as much beer as he can.

According to thedirty.com, an ASU student, who was appalled, sent the picture in.

“I just don’t see the joke in it at all,” says website creator Nik Richie. “People are really looking at this saying, even if it was a joke it is just poor taste and it is terrible parenting.”

Richie says the photo was taken while tailgating outside the stadium before Saturday’s game.

“If you are an ASU alumni, I know this is a party school and people look at ASU like this is what you do. It is fun and games. It is not.”

If this was intended to be joke, not many people are laughing now. ASU Police are investigating. [Emphasis added]

ABC15 asked a number of individuals to weigh in:

However there are also those who are taking the photo with a grain of salt– and a bit more humor.

Disagreeing with the woman who said “they should be jailed,” one commenter wrote on thedirty.com: “I doubt they actually gave the kid beer…Just a funny photo opp. Everyone needs to stop being so serious!”

Another agreed, adding: “I doubt everyone around would be laughing if it was actually happening…Come on, people.”

What do you think? Is the “baby keg stand” photo an innocent joke, or over the line either way?

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Armyduderetired
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:11pm
It’s just a picture. Mohammed is a pig delta India charlie kilo, your free will is at stake. Israel is soon going to be tested. The big government cops are not going to protect you sheeple. Prepare to meet Jesus. The Jews are going to finally believe in him soon. Thank you god for sending him the first time. A Joshua moment is approaching. Take Jesus as your savior and you will be saved. Probably not many events like this would be happening if more people did. Even Muslims can be saved.

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- YoungPatriot87
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:25pm
  I agree dude.
  
  but This is a joke!! My goodness, if that kid is at a tailgate party with parents that actually take him places he is already doing a lot more then the MILLIONS of kids that dont do a single thing with their kids except accept their welfare check, because daddy didnt want anything todo with them.
  
  This pic is a joke, the kid isnt drinking beer. No one would be taking pics or laughing if they were. If the parents and family can AFFORD to even goto a game, i would say this kid has a good family.
  
  Those calling this child abuse are absurd.
  
  PARENTS THAT ARE NOT SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR KIDS IS THE WORST KIND OF CHILD ABUSE!
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:48pm
  That kid is a future party animal. Beats being a spineless little wimpy Foxtrot Alpha Golf.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:41pm
  welcome to the new Amerika – where brothers turn brothers into the communist obamas police to gain his favor!
  
  Get your stinky noses out of others business!
  
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- Winedude
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:58pm
  The Jews haven’t believed that Jesus is the son of God for the past 2000+ years. There’s no good reason that they’re going to believe those fairy tales now.
  
  “This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.” John Adams
  
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FinanceSrS
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:09pm
Good grief have we all lost our sense of humor?

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- 226crimsontrace
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 4:47pm
  Read these replies and it’s easy to pick out the humorless nanny staters. Your dad or uncles never let you have a few sips when you were young? You never used brandy instead of cough medicine? ( it works better) One reply states that underage drinking is running rampant!!! You mean just like it was 30 years ago, when I was young? Or 40 years ago when my brother was young?
  Get over it, it is a picture, to which you do not know the context. the only mistake is doing anything questionable in public where a jacka$$ with a camera is everywhere.
  
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sbenard
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:55pm
I wouldn’t call that a “baby”, but I WOULD call it CHILD ABUSE!

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- YoungPatriot87
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:22pm
  Do you seriously think they are giving the kid a drink.
  
  Would it be any different if you replaced the keg with a baby bottle.
  
  Get real dud they arent giving the kid beer.
  
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- BasketFullOfPuppies
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:28pm
  Do you seriously think that there aren’t people that will give their kid’s beer? I don’t know how old you are. But, when I was a kid, it wasn’t unusual for a father to give his kid a sip of beer. Times and society have changed. But, not everyone has caught up. Have you never heard of people that are stupid enough to get their kids high? I’m thinking that you are the one that needs to “get real”.
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:42pm
  Oh please, Basket. Try being a little bit less cynical, for crying out loud. I, for one, am willing to give these folks the benefit of the doubt that they weren’t really force feeding their child beer. Besides, it’s a hilarious photo.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:53pm
Getting him started early on drinking, laying around, and collecting welfare checks.

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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:49pm
It doesn’t matter whether the baby was drinking or not. It doesn’t matter whether it was a joke or not.

What does matter is that the authorities are now investigating and in this day and age, there is a very good chance that they might lose their child or have social services up their **** for the next couple of years. It’s not enough to ask whether or not you can. You have to ask whether or not you should. Is there anything about this picture that was so funny, it would be worth losing your child?

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bikerdogred1
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:47pm
It looks like a Ted Kennedy birthday party.

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:59pm
  LOl!
  
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chris72sax
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:44pm
I think it’s funny and I hope to see a lot more people doing this with their children and taking pictures, turning it into an online craze, (like Tebowing) just because it upsets uptight retards who have no sense of humor and should mind their own business.

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- sbenard
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:58pm
  How long have you been abusing your children?
  
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merik59
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:41pm
In our state we have a fine for giving alcohol to underage kids but they also have the option now to jail offenders as well, so did the kid take a drink? Most kids don’t like the taste of beer, but if they let him taste it they’d be going to jail here unless they are buds with law enforcement & then they just get the fine or a warning. We have our share of party schools, too & it’s such a waste considering these schools are part of the state university system & realize funding from the taxpayers. The hazing has gotten out of hand & kids are dying because of stupid stunts. I think the picture shows a lack of concern for the kid & that bothers me because the kid isn’t old enough to know better & it’s the parents’ job to protect him. Lousy job, Mom & Dad. If you want to give your kid a sip of beer in the privacy of your own home to satisfy his curiosity, then that is your concern, but this public op is unacceptable. This is a guys & gals of drinking age party & minors shouldn’t be participating.

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Lordcsmith
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:39pm
I’m totally outraged! Where’s that child’s safety helmet and harness? Where’s the spotter in case that man struggles lifting that child.
Relax, they were goofing around as evident by the number of camera phones pointed that way. In addition to teaching your kids right from wrong, teach them how to cut up and have fun. If they cant make a fool of themselves and learn to laugh at their own stupidity, you can bet everyone else will learn to laugh at it.

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hi
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:37pm
If no alcohol is involved, it no one’s business.

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- ESPNGIRL277
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 4:51pm
  As soon as they took pictures it became people’s business. Grow up. This is not right.
  
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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:13pm
  ESPNGirl
  
  Do your mommy instincts kick in and make you want protect this little boy? Why don’t you take a midol and worry about your own family? Women like you go around making laws protecting people from themselves or children from their own parents. Women like you are why our wise founders didn’t give women the right to vote, all heart and no brains. Because with women like you there can’t be freedom there can only be a nanny state.
  
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- kevinj319
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:56pm
  Nosy women with too much time on their hands ended up getting us prohibition. At least that one got repealed, unlike most of our nanny laws.
  
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darkeningskies
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:34pm
how sad, the participants in this is showing poor judgment in posing the child this way, but I do not believe the child is partaking of the beer. But it is obvious the child is happy and healthy

How about saving the outrage for the kids that are unloved and obviously abused every day, but are not taken from their uncaring parents or in most cases -parent-

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thesayUwaythat
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:31pm
As an ASU alumni, this is sad and disgusting. I don’t have a problem with people having fun but this is beyond the pale. Haven’t given to the university in years b/c of its liberal leanings, and certainly won’t start now.

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- NOTMOHAMMED
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:45pm
  Did you notice, it was shown on abc too? …no surprise there.
  
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71FOREVER
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:27pm
“Idiocracy” is a movie made in 2006. Although off-color with some language in it, I think everyone here should watch it. See what one author suggests could happen to the world when the stupid take over. (It has electrolytes.)

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- Betsy Thiede
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:39pm
  It certainly is in poor taste. Later, when that child grows up and becomes an alcoholic, his parents will be like “I wonder what happened?” I wish alcohol was not so glamorized in human society.
  
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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:17pm
  Betsy Betsy Betsy
  
  You reinforce my sexism because you prove my theory right that it’s mostly women who want the Government to protect citizens.
  
  That’s why 66% of women who register to vote register as Democrats. Yay for suffrage it now is the back bone of liberalism.
  
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ReaganBaby
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:27pm
Joke or not- this is way over the line and the “adults” in this should be jailed

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- JRook
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:34pm
  Let’s be clear. Mothers, particularly single mothers, who sign consent forms for their under 18 daughters to get breast implants should be jailed. This was nothing more than a funny picture the kid will probably want when he gets older. And exactly how is this different than when some grandparents put whiskey on their babies gums when they were teething?
  
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Misha
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:07pm
Two words: Illegal Immigrants.

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- wvernon1981
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:18pm
  One word: racist.
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:25pm
  It’s just what dads think of to do when mom is not around. I doubt the kid was actually drinking beer. By the way, my grandpa used to send me for a beer out of the fridge starting when I was about 5. He let me take the first drink, because he put salt in his beer and it made it foam over if you didn’t take a couple drinks out of it. I turned out fine, not an alcoholic.
  
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floridareader
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:03pm
Where are his parents?
Those imbeciles need to be jailed and neutered.

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- thop1960
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:22pm
  Really? So your dad never gave you a sip of beer as a kid? I guess I am just from a different era and I am only 52! My dad gave all 5 of his sons occasional sips of beer as children and while some wound up drinking more than others throughout their lives, it wasn’t because of that. Case in point, I don’t drink at all, never did. If it was proven they let the kid get smashed, then yes, there needs to be charges brought. But to just give a few sips, come on, get a life.
  
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- LetUsReason
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:22pm
  Immature “adults” glorying in stupidity. With this kind of influence, I wonder how this child will grow up…?
  
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- JRook
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:31pm
  I very much doubt the baby drank beer and so it is a funny photo op I’m sure he’ll want when he gets older. So let’s not exceed the assigned stupidity with even stupider comments.
  
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- JimL
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:28pm
  Beer– the beer of invention: combine the man baby harness w/ the beer belly flask. a drink drink solution.
  
  Cough syrup, now that is…
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:08pm
  Yes, let’s have the state raise that child. They will do a much better job of it. Eye roll.
  
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YAHUSHUAHRULES
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:03pm
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Capt_Gregg
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:03pm
At the very least, it’s in bad taste. If the child was actually drinking, criminal charges are in order.

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moreteaplease
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:01pm
“….Everyone needs to stop being so serious!”
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That seems to be the prevailing attitude in this country lately…especially with Obama.

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- Windwalker
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:22pm
  Got that right….the Navy Seals called it. Our foreign diplomat killings are now considered “bumps in the road”
  
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RANGER1965
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:00pm
Harmless fun.

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- floridareader
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:05pm
  Tell that to brainless liberals and you will see the outcome.
  
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Sirfoldallot
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:00pm
Whats in the baby bottle ? The arenas will be a killing place & the parking lot will be a Muslim rug lot if Obama gets another trem.

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Balthazor
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:59am
Depends on whether they’re actually giving the kid beer or just taking a funny picture. Just last weekend I was at a birthday party sitting at my brother in law’s basement bar and my 2 year old granddaughter came down and climbed up onto a bar stool. I snapped a pic of her sitting at the bar with an empty beer bottle in front of her. I guess I’ll be jailed next.

But if they are actually having the kid guzzle beer, well then that changes things, although wanting to jail them is a complete overreaction.

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KevINtampa
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:59am
Bwahahahaha. I for one think that it was simply staged, for the lulz. The laugh is for all the people in the tizzy. Stop looking at other people’s lives and go fix your own. That said, your outrage is hilarious, even if this kid got a couple pulls off that nozzle.

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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:25pm
  I agree, I think everyone is getting their panties in a wad over nothing.
  
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65Mustang
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:58am
This child doesn’t stand a chance with parents that are this ignorant…how sad, he’s lost.

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- Balthazor
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:08pm
  Your comment is kind of ironic given that you have no idea what’s actually going on in that picture.
  
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- 65Mustang
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:28pm
  BALTHAZOR: sorry to read so pious, but why would a parent want a picture of their child partaking in a segment of society that is running rampant….underage drinking.
  
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- Balthazor
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:03pm
  Because they find it funny? I mean, it’s because it’s inappropriate that it’s funny. I know there’s a lot of awful parents out there, and who knows, maybe these parents are awful themselves. Or maybe they just have a sense of humor. But I think it’s this lack of trust in our fellow man that leads people to this mentality that SOMEONE needs to step in and do something, with that someone always being government. Again, if the kid was actually chugging the beer that would be a different story. But we don’t know one way or the other from just this picture. My benefit of the doubt falls with the apparently radical idea that most parents can be trusted to not actively screw up their own kids.
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:57am
Couldn’t they just slice the kid up, suck it through a hose, and deposit it out back? Why’s everybody so upset about a mass of cells?

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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:21pm
  Roth you just made my four year old son spit his beer out from laughing.
  
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