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Man sentenced for ride-by bottom slap
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Posted on 02/27/2006 2:43:06 PM PST by Hi Heels

Man sentenced for ride-by bottom slap Sun Feb 26, 8:28 AM ET

BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb 24 - A Colombian man has been sentenced to four years' house arrest for slapping a woman's bottom as he rode by her on his bicycle, sparking debate on whether the punishment fit the crime.

Showing re-enactments of the incident, television news shows were filled on Friday with legal experts offering opinions about the judgment handed down earlier in the week by Bogota's district court.

Some said that to confine bicycle messenger Victor Garcia to his home for four years for smacking Diana Marcela Diaz's buttocks was excessive. Others said it would deter other men.

One program showed three models having their denim clad bottoms smacked so hard by a phantom hand it could be clearly heard by television viewers.

The women said that while the punishment seemed extreme, they hoped the case would mean they would be safer while on foot.

"It happened to me once," one of the models said. "I was walking very relaxed and a guy rode by on his bicycle and, 'ta!' He smacked me. I took off my shoe to hit him with it but he was already too far away."


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To: Larry Lucido

"she should have just stuck an air pump into his rear spokes"

Yeah. I had a boy on a bike (when we were kids) ride by me and launch an assault.. I knocked him off his bike! He ran home to Mama. Hahahaha. DEFENSE is the first line of self defense.


81 posted on 02/27/2006 6:19:13 PM PST by georgiagirl3814 (I'm Thelma)
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To: georgiagirl3814; peacebaby
Thumbs Up

You two would`nt be going my way would ya.

82 posted on 02/27/2006 6:19:22 PM PST by carlr
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To: carlr; peacebaby

You are getting brave! so hop on! See what happens next. Years, and years ago, Peacebaby and I did pick up a hitchhiker... thats another story. (the guy lived by the way)


83 posted on 02/27/2006 6:21:27 PM PST by georgiagirl3814 (I'm Thelma)
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To: FreedomCalls

"Bill Clinton is visiting Colombia?"

right answer.


84 posted on 02/27/2006 6:22:49 PM PST by georgiagirl3814 (I'm Thelma)
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To: humblegunner

"You mention "grab" twice in your post.
It was a slap.

A slap is not a grab."

It is still sexual assault.


85 posted on 02/27/2006 6:23:57 PM PST by Hill of Tara
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To: plain talk

The sentence may be heavy but it will teach the pervert to keep his hands to himself.

that's the point of incarceration. Punishment and deterrance.


86 posted on 02/27/2006 6:25:50 PM PST by Hill of Tara
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To: Hi Heels
Jeez, you could break your hand on that.
87 posted on 02/27/2006 6:27:53 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: georgiagirl3814; peacebaby
You only live once. <eyes closed,taking deep breaths>
88 posted on 02/27/2006 6:28:47 PM PST by carlr
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To: When_Penguins_Attack

"Letting him and the woman's boyfriend have a go-round and getting the crap beat out of him? Absolutely"

That sounds like a fitting punishment too.

"4 years house arrest? "oh yeth, it is a therious therious cwime.""

It WAS a serious crime. The punishment will teach him a lesson, and the govt will not have to pay for his food and board. Sounds good to me.

He should have thought about whether he wanted to be housebound for 4 yrs before touching the woman's backside.

It's too late now. I hope he enjoys watching soaps ("novellas") for 4 yrs.


89 posted on 02/27/2006 6:31:54 PM PST by Hill of Tara
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To: tet68
I knew a girl in Germany with a butt like that. Fortunately it was covered with twenty pounds of baby fat and skin like velvet. She did the slapping.
90 posted on 02/27/2006 6:32:37 PM PST by Fielding (Sans Dieu Rien)
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To: carlr; peacebaby

"You only live once"

unless...... you are a cat. MEOOOWWWW

You are sooooo brave. You deserve a medal.

Ooops, this isn't singles night, or thread. Let's behave now.



91 posted on 02/27/2006 6:41:38 PM PST by georgiagirl3814 (I'm Thelma)
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To: Hi Heels

4 Year? Gosh in High School I took care of a problem like this in 4 seconds. Some guy pinched me on the chest and I tried to slap his face. Unfortunately he ducked and instead of connecting to his face I wound up giving him kind of a Karate chop to the nose. Once his nose stopped bleeding he went home.Later that evening his father called my father demanding that we pay for the medical cost of a fractured nose. I explained to my father why the young mans nose wound up rather crocked and my father called the young man's father right back on the telephone. After the young man was allowed out of the house again after being grounded he apologized to my face.


92 posted on 02/27/2006 6:42:12 PM PST by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
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To: cubreporter
"I don't care about the punishment. That is not for me to decide. Whether it is too much depends on who is on the receiving end of something. What gives anyone a right to touch someone else? Nothing. No one...man, woman has a right to put their hands on the bodies of anyone else like that. If it is a woman doing it then do the same punishment for her."

I was at a church picnic, and the whole group was playing different games. A girl at that picnic hit my butt with her hand, not once but on several occasions. About the 3rd time I gave her a disapproving glance, a scowl. I found the whole thing annoying. I certainly didn't know the girl well at all so who was she to be putting her hands on me. Later she hit on me (figuratively) and basically ask to see me. I just told her I wasn't dating. She even asked me to give her a hug, after that, even though she knew I wasn't interested. Okay, I gave her a hug, I didn't want to be rude, but talk about clueless.

Personally, I didn't think I was that good looking then, and I sure as heck ain't that good looking now with more miles on the odometer.

Was that sexual assault? Should she have gotten 12 years for the 3 times she hit my butt? Was I sexually assaulted severely enough that her life should be ruined? I don't think so, but I do hope she learned a few better manners after our talk.

Why should poorly mannered men be treated as a serious sex offender, when what he really needs is better manners. Thanks to gender feminism that just how hateful and evil things have become in our world. Thanks to gender feminism, the natural awkwardness that often exists between men and women is turned into a crime every time those evil heterophobic bigots get a chance. If you think it's bad now, just wait until the Demo-fascist regain some power and start pandering to their gender feminist and homosexual constituents. Vote Republican as if your life depended on it, because in many ways, it really does. Republicans aren't perfect, but Democrats are so far off the deep end, I seriously fear any return to power they may stage.
93 posted on 02/27/2006 6:43:48 PM PST by MensRightsActivist
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To: John Robertson

We are talking about one particular type of crimes committed by adults, not kindergarten kids who pull pony tails or old women who dont know how to park, which obviously arent as serious.

"Here are the scenarios in how this should have been dealt with: "

All of your scenarios except 5b were acceptable possible outcomes, yet they did not happen. The 4 yr sentence did, and the slapper deserves every day of it. I'm betting he'll NEVER touch a woman's backside again without permission.

Any dad who invites a man who slapped his daughter's butt over for coffee is despicable.

"Hysterical ninny alert. Any honest anthropologist will tell you that men have been slapping women's butts since there were...well, butts. That doesn't justify it, in our day and age, but a little perspective might help. This is PC, spread around the globe. When I see that even conservatives are willing to sign on to it mindlessly, I realize how effective the leftists have been in spreading their measures of control. "

Oh please. I suppose you are a subscriber to the "primal instincts" school of thought, which says it is natural for men to sexually harass women?

Guess what, it ISNT! It's a crime, and this perverted slapper is paying for his mistake dearly.

It's not natural for men to slap women's backsides. We are ciilized, and should be able to control ourselves. This isnt the Bronze Age.

"This is PC, spread around the globe. When I see that even conservatives are willing to sign on to it mindlessly, I realize how effective the leftists have been in spreading their measures of control. "

Just men being oppressed and pushed down right? Socialist talk if there ever was any. As a man, I call Bravo Sierra on that above quote.

Do you think it is non-PC to slap women's backsides?

"Both these incidents are just little pieces of the War Against Men, which we are losing, because of men who are so happy to sign up to fight against themselves."

What a conspiracy theorist. You're like a male feminist, sort of LOL.


94 posted on 02/27/2006 6:44:25 PM PST by Hill of Tara
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To: cubreporter

Exactly. Some on this forum think such behavior is OK. As a man, I find that disturbing.


95 posted on 02/27/2006 6:45:47 PM PST by Hill of Tara
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To: Dashing Dasher; Maximus of Texas; Millee
I took off my shoe to hit him with it but he was already too far away."

Don't forget to take a pic with your cell phone and post it on the internet love. :P

Why waste a great heel when a pic will do?
96 posted on 02/27/2006 6:51:39 PM PST by PaulaB (No I Don't Want To Know)
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To: PaulaB
Before you criticize someone, it's best to walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile away and have their shoes.
97 posted on 02/27/2006 7:03:11 PM PST by Maximus of Texas (On my signal, pull my finger)
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To: Hill of Tara; peacebaby
I don't think anyone here thinks his behavior is okay. I think most of us feel that 4 years is way too harsh a punishment. Punishment is suppose to hurt, yes, but it's also supposed to be reasonable. A slap on the butt by a passing stranger is not the same as a rape, and it's an insult to anyone who has been raped to claim that it is. Punishment is suppose to be a deterrent... well, death is a deterrent, why not just kill the s.o.b.?

By your definition, I guess most football players are guilty of homosexual assault.

To say that no one should ever touch someone else without permission seems extreme. I guess I'm guilty of assault, because I'm a hugger. I never ask "May I hug you?" That's just weird.

The guy was wrong. He shouldn't have done it -- no argument. He should be punished -- community service, counseling, if necessary, maybe even a couple of weeks in the slammer. If he continues to behave inappropriately, then he's asked for it.

I say this as a woman. If someone did that to me, I would want him to learn a lesson, but there's no way I'd want him to go to jail for 4 years -- not unless there was some other extenuating circumstances, like he habitually did this in spite of other attempts of correction, or a history of (real) sexual assault.

98 posted on 02/27/2006 7:24:26 PM PST by Chanticleer (Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready. T. Roosevelt)
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To: John Robertson
Both these incidents are just little pieces of the War Against Men, which we are losing, because of men who are so happy to sign up to fight against themselves.

Its amazing that you tried to turn a story of sexual assalt into a war against men!!

LOL

99 posted on 02/27/2006 7:46:51 PM PST by apackof2 (You can stand me up at the gates of hell, I'll stand my ground and I won't back down)
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To: georgiagirl3814

If you generally agree with me on something...I would like you to be my friend. In a completely non-hair-pulling way.


100 posted on 02/27/2006 8:18:34 PM PST by John Robertson (Even if we disagree now, we may agree later. Or vice versa.)
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