Posted on 12/05/2005 8:13:08 PM PST by Will_Zurmacht
Mirecki hospitalized after beating
By Ron Knox, Eric Weslander (Contact)
Originally published 05:37 p.m., December 5, 2005 Updated 06:31 p.m., December 5, 2005
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the reported beating of a Kansas University professor who gained recent notoriety for his Internet tirades against Christian fundamentalists.
Kansas University religious studies professor Paul Mirecki reported he was beaten by two men about 6:40 a.m. today on a roadside in rural Douglas County. In a series of interviews late this afternoon, Mirecki said the men who beat him were making references to the controversy that has propelled him into the headlines in recent weeks. Mirecki
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“I didn’t know them, but I’m sure they knew me,” he said.
Mirecki said he was driving to breakfast when he noticed the men tailgating him in a pickup truck.
“I just pulled over hoping they would pass, and then they pulled up real close behind,” he said. “They got out, and I made the mistake of getting out.”
He said the men beat him about the upper body with their fists, and he said he thinks they struck him with a metal object. He was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
“I’m mostly shaken up, and I got some bruises and sore spots,” he said.
Douglas County Sheriff’s Officials are classifying the case as an aggravated battery. They wouldn’t say exactly where the incident happened, citing the ongoing investigation
The sheriff’s department is looking for the suspects, described as two white males between ages 30 and 40, one wearing a red visor and wool gloves, and both wearing jeans. They were last seen in a large pickup truck.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 843-TIPS or the sheriff’s office at 841-0007.
Mirecki recently wrote online that he planned to teach intelligent design as mythology in an upcoming course. He wrote it would be a “nice slap” in the “big fat face” of fundamentalists.
The remarks caused an uproar, Mirecki apologized, and KU announced last week the class would be canceled.
It's indeed possible this is a hoax. But if it isn't, I'm compiling responses like this one from our resident 'Christians'.
No bet. Way too pat, and typical of the leftwing liars' strategy of defaming their opponents. A "red badge of courage" moment for another feckless leftwing geek.
BINGO!!! Especially after reading this:
The remarks caused an uproar, Mirecki apologized, and KU announced last week the class would be canceled.
Wasn't there some jackass in NY state who called for killing American soldiers or something, then tried to spread a hoax that he had himself been killed?
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lol, I'd think that bit of trickery would be exposed rather instantly.
I don't think he can expect any miraculous healing soon. If he has anything to heal, that is.
Sounds very fishy to me.
Maybe some Chinese gangsters mistook him for a nun, like those 16 in the other thread? How was he dressed at the time?
I'm sure the nun's stories are true and it was because of their religious belief. But, I'm not at all sure about this guy's story. Something tells me if he actually got beat up he was doing something he doesn't want to admit to.
Wasn't there some jackass in NY state who called for killing American soldiers or something, then tried to spread a hoax that he had himself been killed? (Then fessed up too, the geek...)
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"I'm dead."
"No, you're not."
"Am too!"
"You are not!"
"Yes I am, so there!"
Like when Jim Carrey kicked his own a** in Liar,Liar!!
Let me know if you start running short on disk space...
The prof is to the left
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Is this guy related to Michael Moore? Yikes!
If he were truly beat up by two grown men and a metal object, he'd have much more severe injuries than just some bruises and sore spots.
To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield "he should have stayed home and beat himself".
"What's the frequency Mirecki?"
The local media is running with this story....its getting big time play.
He shouldn't beat himself up about all this.
And, "treated and released" is a far cry from "hospitalized after beating." This one definitely flunks the smell test.
That isn't far from the Rev. Phelps goofball cult.
Though it also sound quite similar to the supposed attacks on gays (when hate crime bills were being considered by legislatures) that later turn out to be self-inflicted or set-up stunts.
on campus it was all the buzz, so i checked the paper. basic story. on the tv news they handled it with kid gloves, which makes me a little suspicious.
what gets me is that the usual suspects here (unemployed campus libs) had all the info this afternoon and were ready to declare a jihad on Christians.
Oh, well. Still, it is odd that the head of the religious studies dept @ KU is an an avowed atheist who hates Catholics and "Fundy morons".
here's a pdf of some of his friendlier comments to students.
http://media.ljworld.com/pdf/2005/12/02/mireckiemail.pdf
I haven't seen you in ages! Good to see you...
ROFLLLLLLLL!!!
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