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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-10 12:51 AM
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63. It's very unlikely that a lawsuit would be made, or even get very far.
And most police officers aren't going to arrest someone for slapping someone else.

No one has said it's OK to slap a kid.

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  -Curtis Got Slapped: Mother claims teacher slapped son, writes 40 crazed pages of demands proud2BlibKansan  Nov-17-10 08:39 PM   #0 
  - King?  HuckleB   Nov-17-10 08:42 PM   #1 
  - Huh?  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 09:16 PM   #27 
     - KING... CURTIS...  HuckleB   Nov-18-10 12:44 AM   #61 
  - ....  AlabamaLibrul   Nov-17-10 08:43 PM   #2 
  - I've been subbing at the local schools for the past two months  liberalhistorian   Nov-17-10 08:43 PM   #3 
  - I was wondering when anyone who'd ever been slapped at school,  LWolf   Nov-17-10 08:51 PM   #10 
  - If only I had had an intellectual property owner...  awoke_in_2003   Nov-18-10 12:58 AM   #65 
  - I salute your courage.  zanana1   Nov-18-10 12:23 PM   #114 
  - A personally audience with President Obama?  Drale   Nov-17-10 08:44 PM   #4 
  - I'm wondering why $13,500 and not, say, $14,000, or $13,723.48... (nt)  Posteritatis   Nov-17-10 08:51 PM   #9 
     - She explained that - $1500 per year for the rest of his school career  petronius   Nov-17-10 10:50 PM   #56 
  - I can't imagine a scenario in which slapping a child would be appropriate.  LWolf   Nov-17-10 08:47 PM   #5 
  - Looks like she will retire  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 08:52 PM   #11 
  - It certainly is never appropriate and I don't condone it  liberalhistorian   Nov-17-10 08:58 PM   #21 
     - Agreed. nt  LWolf   Nov-18-10 07:14 AM   #89 
  - It was only a matter of time before Orly Taitz sold franchises. n/t  msanthrope   Nov-17-10 08:47 PM   #6 
  - Or maybe it's a spreading disease? Sheesh. nt  blondeatlast   Nov-18-10 12:14 PM   #109 
  - I'm sorry, but "CurtisGotSlapped.com" just sounds hilarious.  Starbucks Anarchist   Nov-17-10 08:48 PM   #7 
  - Probably to everybody except Curtis©  petronius   Nov-17-10 10:52 PM   #57 
  - Poor Curtis.  Starry Messenger   Nov-17-10 08:49 PM   #8 
  - I'm hoping his mother is being checked for competence  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 08:53 PM   #12 
     - I think the letter...  awoke_in_2003   Nov-18-10 12:59 AM   #66 
     - I was thinking the same thing.  Iris   Nov-18-10 01:05 PM   #125 
  - Teachers should not slap students  bluestateguy   Nov-17-10 08:53 PM   #13 
  - The teacher needs to be dismissed; the crazy mother is just a distraction  REP   Nov-17-10 08:53 PM   #14 
  - I'm wondering if it really happened at all  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 08:55 PM   #16 
  - My thoughts exactly. Just because some psycho nutball said it happened,  kestrel91316   Nov-17-10 09:41 PM   #39 
  - I don't believe it.  Mimosa   Nov-18-10 07:37 AM   #91 
  - I'm wondering the same thing. n/t  gkhouston   Nov-17-10 10:59 PM   #58 
  - Anyone who works with the public gets these letters/lawsuits from time to time  AngryAmish   Nov-18-10 06:16 AM   #82 
  - She probably hallucinated the whole incident.  Odin2005   Nov-18-10 05:44 PM   #134 
  - Yes, and what about teachers who are subjected to students  liberalhistorian   Nov-17-10 09:01 PM   #23 
  - My partner has seen the same thing at his school.  w8liftinglady   Nov-17-10 09:33 PM   #33 
  - My stepdad was attacked a few times in his classroom  liberalhistorian   Nov-17-10 09:40 PM   #37 
  - I still have a scar given to me by a student....  zanana1   Nov-18-10 12:27 PM   #117 
  - Can we get rid of students who hit and attack teachers and  liberalhistorian   Nov-17-10 09:38 PM   #36 
  - They should be expelled and charged with assault  REP   Nov-17-10 11:52 PM   #60 
  - Nice broad brush  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-18-10 06:19 AM   #84 
  - I guess you'd know.  Catshrink   Nov-18-10 06:20 AM   #86 
  - There is NEVER a reason for a teacher to assault a child nt  ecstatic   Nov-18-10 06:20 AM   #85 
     - Oh please  blueamy66   Nov-18-10 07:47 AM   #93 
     - That is not at all what I said or asked. I asked  liberalhistorian   Nov-18-10 12:07 PM   #105 
        - This thread is not about students hitting teachers  ecstatic   Nov-18-10 12:08 PM   #106 
           - That is not what I said at all.  liberalhistorian   Nov-18-10 12:16 PM   #112 
  - this lady sounds as balanced...  awoke_in_2003   Nov-18-10 01:01 AM   #67 
  - +1000 nt  ecstatic   Nov-18-10 06:18 AM   #83 
  - You state "the real problem" as if you perceive merely one.  LanternWaste   Nov-18-10 06:05 PM   #138 
  - If I were a mean person  WhiteTara   Nov-17-10 08:54 PM   #15 
  - LOL first comment following the story:  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 08:56 PM   #19 
  - thanks. I feel much better  WhiteTara   Nov-17-10 09:06 PM   #26 
  - I *am* a mean person, and I thought you were going to say  gkhouston   Nov-17-10 09:57 PM   #46 
  - I can't get the 40 page doc at the website  JVS   Nov-17-10 08:56 PM   #17 
  - Try this:  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 08:58 PM   #20 
     - I like how she's copyrighted her and her son's name.  Drunken Irishman   Nov-17-10 09:29 PM   #32 
        - It's a nice touch.  surrealAmerican   Nov-18-10 09:39 AM   #102 
  - From the letter, the principal was the one who told her about it.  knitter4democracy   Nov-17-10 08:56 PM   #18 
  - I think Mom screwed her chances to win a lawsuit  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 09:02 PM   #24 
  - I agree. I feel bad for the boy, too.  knitter4democracy   Nov-18-10 05:52 AM   #78 
  - The mother is still the only source on it though,  wickerwoman   Nov-17-10 09:58 PM   #48 
  - True, but she references a call from the principal.  knitter4democracy   Nov-18-10 05:53 AM   #79 
  - I have a few parents that I will not  tinymontgomery   Nov-17-10 10:10 PM   #50 
     - Please tell me you don't teach Grammar and Composition  Tsiyu   Nov-17-10 11:50 PM   #59 
     - I was thinking the same thing, but was afraid to say anything. nt  Liquorice   Nov-18-10 12:56 AM   #64 
     - thanks for the belly laugh  blueamy66   Nov-18-10 08:04 AM   #97 
     - No I don't  tinymontgomery   Nov-18-10 12:16 PM   #111 
     - Just don't call your wife a bus. It's not nice.  bluedigger   Nov-18-10 01:42 PM   #129 
        - Your right  tinymontgomery   Nov-18-10 08:23 PM   #142 
     - +1. nt  blondeatlast   Nov-18-10 12:19 PM   #113 
     - "Is our childrens learning?" This is snark, directed at the writing style  Obamanaut   Nov-18-10 01:12 AM   #70 
     - How on Earth are you allowed to teach when you're obviously  Codeine   Nov-18-10 02:02 AM   #76 
        - I imagine there's a relevant difference  LanternWaste   Nov-18-10 06:12 PM   #139 
           - There is also a functional and relevant difference between "the informality of our personal lives"  Codeine   Nov-18-10 06:43 PM   #141 
  - k&r because everyone needs a good laugh.  DebJ   Nov-17-10 08:59 PM   #22 
  - Insanity, it hurts looks fake (haarp mind control) 4channy, funny  Pavulon   Nov-17-10 09:03 PM   #25 
  - 'Fake' was my first reaction, I also wondered if it was a deliberately over-the-to  petronius   Nov-18-10 01:13 AM   #71 
  - Hey, kids! Let's laugh at the crazy lady!  Dogmudgeon   Nov-17-10 09:18 PM   #28 
  - curtis got slapped and her picture with GW bush is classic  Pavulon   Nov-17-10 09:22 PM   #29 
  - This got press because this woman IS crazy  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 09:29 PM   #31 
  - How much press did this really get?  HuckleB   Nov-18-10 12:48 AM   #62 
  - hey, the complainer called the teacher a "white bitch"  jancantor   Nov-18-10 01:20 AM   #72 
  - Because the skin wasn't broken?  Zanzobar   Nov-17-10 09:24 PM   #30 
  - They slap kids at a school named for a champion of nonviolence?  Ken Burch   Nov-17-10 09:34 PM   #34 
  - yeah - and the kids at that school are the "sovereign property" of their parents, too  Iris   Nov-18-10 01:08 PM   #126 
  - Forget the kid, slap the mother. nt  asdjrocky   Nov-17-10 09:38 PM   #35 
  - I wonder if she has only recently developed this extremely manic behavior?  musette_sf   Nov-17-10 09:41 PM   #38 
  - I've lived in this town all my life and am married to a musician  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 09:47 PM   #40 
  - here is her web page. it does have auto play audio  Pavulon   Nov-17-10 09:54 PM   #44 
  - I heard the autoplay audio already,  musette_sf   Nov-17-10 10:02 PM   #49 
     - I remember that first attack, in a lab facility in Idaho Falls  Pavulon   Nov-17-10 10:15 PM   #53 
        - hahahaha  musette_sf   Nov-17-10 10:37 PM   #54 
           - that site...  awoke_in_2003   Nov-18-10 01:10 AM   #69 
           - was it really THAT long ago when pretty much all sites looked like that?  Blue_Tires   Nov-18-10 08:24 AM   #99 
           - well, I think that was when it started...  awoke_in_2003   Nov-18-10 10:54 AM   #104 
           - Badly done GeoCities pages! AHHHHHHH!!!  Odin2005   Nov-18-10 05:56 PM   #136 
           - LOL, that's great!  Odin2005   Nov-18-10 05:56 PM   #135 
  - You may be right.  musette_sf   Nov-17-10 10:12 PM   #52 
  - No she is a professional race card dropper  Pavulon   Nov-17-10 09:48 PM   #41 
  - Y'know, if I slapped an adult, I'd easily have a lawsuit on my hands  struggle4progress   Nov-17-10 09:51 PM   #42 
  - Maybe curtis deserved it, and if you read the letter sneering is the last thing you will do..  Pavulon   Nov-17-10 09:52 PM   #43 
  - We might think lots of folk deserve to be slapped -- but if they're adults, they can usually  struggle4progress   Nov-17-10 10:40 PM   #55 
     - I got my ass slapped in school, my parents asked if i deserved it  Pavulon   Nov-18-10 04:56 PM   #131 
  - Who thinks it's okay to slap kids?  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-17-10 09:56 PM   #45 
  - It's very unlikely that a lawsuit would be made, or even get very far.  HuckleB   Nov-18-10 12:51 AM   #63 
  - People are regularly arrested for slapping other people  struggle4progress   Nov-18-10 01:08 AM   #68 
     - they said MOST police officers  jancantor   Nov-18-10 01:25 AM   #73 
     - Some people are arrested.  HuckleB   Nov-18-10 01:26 AM   #74 
  - Who's saying it's okay to slap kids?  Posteritatis   Nov-18-10 06:12 AM   #80 
  - Child Protective Services should check in on Curtis. His mom is not well. nt  Liquorice   Nov-17-10 09:57 PM   #47 
  - Thank you for posting this  RZM   Nov-17-10 10:11 PM   #51 
  - Yes it's very sad.  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-18-10 06:14 AM   #81 
  - I would NEVER email her...  awoke_in_2003   Nov-18-10 01:35 AM   #75 
  - She'll be lucky if the kid isn't removed from her custody.  TexasObserver   Nov-18-10 02:38 AM   #77 
  - An all new low  ecstatic   Nov-18-10 06:23 AM   #87 
  - The mother sent this out to hundreds of people  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-18-10 06:29 AM   #88 
  - She CCed Obama, Biden, half the federal government, and the honorable  Pavulon   Nov-18-10 07:36 AM   #90 
  - An all new low in not reading before you post, evidently. nt  Dreamer Tatum   Nov-18-10 12:25 PM   #116 
  - Crazy like a fox, eh?  LanternWaste   Nov-18-10 06:21 PM   #140 
  - Although Curtis should not have been slapped  BoneDaddy   Nov-18-10 07:39 AM   #92 
  - Curtis' mother should get slapped  blueamy66   Nov-18-10 07:48 AM   #94 
  - Sad about this is the mom is obviously coconuts and that's probably why  HEyHEY   Nov-18-10 07:51 AM   #95 
  - Well, first of all, did anybody actually verify that Curtis got slapped?  MadHound   Nov-18-10 08:01 AM   #96 
  - Did anyone verify the woman actually wrote/sent this letter?  struggle4progress   Nov-18-10 12:13 PM   #108 
     - Yes it's been verified  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-18-10 12:24 PM   #115 
        - By who? Got a link?  struggle4progress   Nov-18-10 12:41 PM   #119 
           - The website set up is registered to Henry Bowen. n/t  tammywammy   Nov-18-10 12:57 PM   #123 
              - The website curtisgotslapped has nothing but a few pictures, perhaps of curtis  struggle4progress   Nov-18-10 01:29 PM   #128 
  - Two words: Mental Illness.  Sparkly   Nov-18-10 08:11 AM   #98 
  - Yup. I say that as someone with bipolar disorder.  lightningandsnow   Nov-18-10 10:07 AM   #103 
     - Knowing someone with Schizophrenia, This woman sounds schizophrenic to me.  Odin2005   Nov-18-10 06:02 PM   #137 
  - Awesome...She should hold stage performances where she reads it all aloud  Blue_Tires   Nov-18-10 08:48 AM   #100 
  - Wow  Caretha   Nov-18-10 08:51 AM   #101 
  - "Speaking engagements." *snort*--there are no entries. nt  blondeatlast   Nov-18-10 12:11 PM   #107 
  - That poor chi--er, "intellectual property." Run, Curtis, run, ASAP. nt  blondeatlast   Nov-18-10 12:15 PM   #110 
  - OMG  tammywammy   Nov-18-10 12:33 PM   #118 
  - She does specifically request that HAARP not be used against her.  Dreamer Tatum   Nov-18-10 12:45 PM   #120 
  - Money orders or silver coins for payment only  tammywammy   Nov-18-10 12:50 PM   #121 
     - Imagine the letter she'll write when they take her son from her  Dreamer Tatum   Nov-18-10 12:52 PM   #122 
        - I just find it hilarious that she copyrighted their names  tammywammy   Nov-18-10 01:05 PM   #124 
  - While I'm incredibly disturbed that a teacher slapped a student and then when another students asked  Puregonzo1188   Nov-18-10 01:17 PM   #127 
  - Where did you get that?  proud2BlibKansan   Nov-18-10 05:39 PM   #133 
  - That is just plain nuts.  Mona Blue   Nov-18-10 02:03 PM   #130 
  - This woman sounds schizophrenic and I bet the "slapping" never happened.  Odin2005   Nov-18-10 05:39 PM   #132 
 

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