Originally Posted by CheapSk8
If I were the parent, or the child, I would have had an earful for the guy. To the poster who said (I paraphrase) "It's a public place and thus he can do what he wants"?! On the contrary, because it's a public place, he CAN'T do whatever he wants.
You have no right to yell at this man. If you travel on public transportation with your child, you cannot expect others to conform to your standards of decency. While it may be in poor taste to read this in front of a 14 year old girl, you cannot chastise a stranger for poor taste.