Posted on 10/30/2004 3:57:26 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
DURANGO, Colo. Oct 30, 2004 — A part-time college instructor has apologized for kicking a student because he was wearing a Republican shirt.
Fort Lewis College student Mark O'Donnell said he was showing people his College Republicans sweat shirt, which said "Work for us now … or work for us later," when Maria Spero kicked him in the leg at an off-campus restaurant.
Spero then said "she should have kicked me harder and higher," said O'Donnell. "To physically take that out on someone because you disagree with them, that is completely wrong."
Spero, a visiting instructor of modern languages, apologized to O'Donnell in a letter dated Oct. 29.
"I acted entirely inappropriately by kicking you, giving vent to a thoughtless knee-jerk political reaction that should never have happened," she wrote. "Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."
The college also formally apologized, said David Eppich, assistant to the school's president.
O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.
The only phone number listed in Durango for the surname Spero was constantly busy Saturday.
Durango police did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
EECHHH! Is THAT the "kicker"??
I have seen plenty of "tough" women Marines. They frequently caused more problems than they solved.
I dealt with "ladies of the evening" (bar girls) having trouble with my Marines in Okinawa, and other oriental spots.
Why should a woman, who acts like a man, and not like a lady, deserve to be treated as a lady? Women can carry guns, take martial arts, etc. I simply will not be a target for anyone, male, female or transgender. Too bad if you don't like it. (See my earlier post.)
Yes, I would place those restrictions on any human being who is attacked by a significantly weaker person.
"Why should a woman, who acts like a man, and not like a lady, deserve to be treated as a lady?"
Because men are supposed to be better than that.
But evidently you are not.
And too bad if you don't like it.
There are any number of violent women who can seriously hurt men, and the idea that they will be allowed to get away with it only emboldens them. Why should a man be obligated to act within the constraints of the notion that a violent woman can't hurt him when it isn't true?
If saying that makes me weak in your eyes, then so be it.
>>>O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.<<<
YEE HAW! I hope he nails the 'RAT witch.
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>>>(How important a Senator can you be if Dick Cheney's never told you to "go [bleep] yourself"?)<<<
ROFLOL!!!
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It's not a guy...it is a lady instructor.
The kicker was a lady.
And what happened to the perp ?
As a biologist, I don't think it is choice as much as an inate characteristic that operates in normal scenarios.
Muleteam1
The kicker was a *woman*. She is *no* lady.
Guys, guys, guys, how embarassing is it to admit that a kick from a woman could be a significant injury?
Come on, where's your pride? Women are the weaker sex. When they try to act out physically, you just chuckle and say, "Aww, ain't that cute.?"
And if she's getting overwrought about political issues, you just chuckle and say, "Now don't you worry your pretty little head about men's work, honey."
Do you believe in double standards? Double standards like affirmative action? What about Quotas? Minority set asides? Institutionalized reverse racism? If not why? You seem to be saying you DO when it comes to GENDER!
If ANYONE tried to kick me in the crotch, I`m going to defend myself so I`ll repeat; if she wants to act like a lady (which means she doesn`t hit me unless there IS such a D@M GOOD REASON, and I have NEVER ATTACKED ANYONE), I`ll be a gentleman (which means I keep my hands to myself), but if she acts like a man (men WILL act aggressively and attack each other), she is going to be responded to like one (aggression WILL be returned and I WILL defend myself).
If you are p*ssed that gentlemen are a dying breed perhaps you, as a woman, should seriously start doing something about the radical leftist feminists who have created and condone this kind of unlady like, double standard BULL! Otherwise your outrage is just hypocritical double standard bull.
I agree...
How's this...the kicker was a wanna-be human of the female persuasion.
Obviously, you've never been to Ft. Lewis or Durango.
Normally, he'd get a medal for that behavior down in that liberal bastion.
Any woman who kicks someone in the family jewels is no lady and deserves to lose some teeth.
Self defense exclusion tho, sometimes its all they can do, but we're not talking about that scenario here.
If a Kerry wench kicked me there, she'd be be smart to get out of dodge asap.
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