The father has a responsibility to the daughter. I'm sure he would have dealt with it completely differently if he were brought up differently, in a different country, and in a different time period.
He alludes to his upbringing, well, mate, deal with it. No one really cares if he had to work when he was her age or whatnot. Times have changed and he's still living in the past, and I'm sure if back then there was Facebook, the internet etc. and different social norms, he probably would have acted the same way.
Sure the daughter has a responsibility, and quite stupid seeing as her father allegedly works in IT, but that's beside the point. She's being brought up in the 21st century, with differently social norms and customs. Quite frankly, the western world has grown to accept phrases like "son of a bitch" to be common language, and it's increasingly being accepted that words used like "shit" are really just the language of today. Again, he's living in the past, using his own experiences to deal with a modern matter.
Now, let's say the laptop was useful towards study. He's just depriving her potential to study. Sure one could argue, well, she's just using it for Facebook etc., but I'm sure no one is on Facebook 24/7, literally. If she is depriving herself of an education, then that's her issue, but it doesn't appear so.
Again, the reaction towards her response to chores is out of line. He's again alluding to his own youth and times have changed. In fact, he's using the term "cleaning lady" in a condescending way, by the inference that he categorises that to be bad or misleading. But besides that, ok, she rants on wanting/needing to be paid for chores, but the response by the father to shoot a laptop is not appropriate. Again, times have changed, it's the way he has brought her up which has led to this occurrence. I suspect many teens complain about chores not because of the time it takes, but because of the repetitiveness of actions which they have probably never done before. Let's face it, it's most likely boring. But this isn't the daughter's fault, much rather the way she has been brought up. When there is reward for a completion of a task, there is motivation. I doubt the father has the mental capacity to understand that, again, because he's trapped in his past.
But back to the main point. The father has a responsibility to their child, no matter how good or bad. He should be lucky. There are numerous teens out there doing drugs, alcohol, dying, etc. I know we haven't heard much or that we don't know too much context, but I doubt it's that bad, and the pinnacle in a rant on Facebook. She's still alive, and that's what really matters at the end of the day. Change something, and this dramatic, she's going to have a thousand thoughts running through her head, and that is what is going to get her killed or put in jailed, or something left-field.
I mean, she's only a teenager. How can you blame her, when it's the way he has brought her up, which has lead to certain actions. I'm sure every family is screwed up someway, whether very small or very big, but there are plenty of ways to deal with a Facebook rant than shooting a laptop and whatnot. Maybe taking the laptop away for a period of time may be a slightly better resolution. Maybe talking to her in a rational manner (I suspect he's abusive and hard to approach) would make her understand.
Then someone could raise the point/argument that it's only a laptop. Well, I'm sure public humiliation, the mental intent of using the weapon in a dangerous manner (he says to put in a bullet for her mum), and the childishness of the way he attempts to reason out his actions, and the complete overreaction to what appears to be a common rant (again, I'm sure every family is screwed up in someway or another). He should stop expecting to be the king of the world and start realising times have changed and ways of dealing with things have changed.
I could go on all day, but it's not like what I say will make a difference 🙂
