So you all recommend the public humiliation ('cause you can't keep something like that a secret) of a whoopin' piled on top of the emotional instability of a jilted teenage boy? Then the kid shows up at school with a firearm a few days later and the situation graduates from pitiable to tragic. The kid can't be allowed to continue doing what he's doing but an a$$ whooping is not the right prescription for this situation. Also, if the young lady is the Christian girl you think she is and your son beats the kid up, I guarantee your son's stock will fall with her.