Posted on 12/06/2005 12:59:08 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A college professor whose planned course on creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he derided Christian conservatives said he was beaten by two men along a rural road early Monday.
University of Kansas religious studies professor Paul Mirecki said the men referred to the class when they beat him on the head, shoulders and back with their fists, and possibly a metal object, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.
"I didn't know them," Mirecki said of his assailants, "but I'm sure they knew me."
Messages left by the Associated Press on Mirecki's cell phone were not immediately returned.
Sheriff's Lt. Kari Wempe said Mirecki reported the attack just before 7 a.m.
The professor said he confronted the men after they were tailgating his vehicle along a road south of Lawrence. "I'm mostly shaken up, and I got some bruises and sore spots," he said.
Mirecki planned to offer a spring course called "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies" after the Kansas Board of Education decided to include more criticism of evolution in science standards for elementary and secondary students.
Last week, Mirecki asked the university to cancel the class after he created a furor by sending an e-mail to a student organization mocking Christian fundamentalists.
Mirecki had referred to religious conservatives as "fundies," and said a course describing intelligent design as mythology would be a "nice slap in their big fat face." He has apologized for those comments.
LOL, call crime stoppers. ;)
If I know it's some wimpy liberal tailgating me, I stop and use his ashtray as a urinal. You just never know when the person tailgating you is crazier (and better armed) than you are.
That cinches it. He's a fraud.
But. . .we must wait/see. . .
My thoughts exactly. This is, dollars to donuts, a fake crime.
Mirecki========
The mind reels with sarcastic responses
If somebody was going to "beat" someone up, would he be able to walk into a room and nobody notice anything different? No busted lip, broken arm, internal injuries? In a middle aged man? Give me a break.
Heading out to play a round of golf,no doubt!
Can't these people learn any new tricks?
lol!
Such as: Truly it was a horrible beating. Before this attack, Professor Mirecki was not butt ugly!
Fake, but accurate!
Nah, just cold.
The suspect displayed marks of Indian burns and noogies which he said were given to him by attackers who muttered white supremacist slogans while tormenting him. (Excuse me, for "Indian burns," substitute "Native American burns.")
It could it have been an honest case of mistaken identity....
Lets see ... arrest everyone in Lawrance that wears blue jeans, wool gloves and a red gimme hat (I'll give him the benefit of not knowing the difference between a visor and a cap). Did the visor have ear muffs for the 10 degree weather?
Probably just another disgruntled OU fan unable to handle a poor season.
"They sure knew who I was" ... umm, yeah, sure.
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