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| Teacher sentenced for slapping Schroeder |
| 2004-08-28 |
| via Rooters Fri 27 August, 2004 18:26 An unemployed teacher has been given a four-month suspended sentence and ordered to perform community service for slapping German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in the face at a Social Democrat party event in May. The court in the town of Mannheim described 52-year-old Jens Ammoser as a "scatterbrain" but said physical assault was an unacceptable way of expressing political discontent. An unpopular programme of welfare cuts has unleashed a wave of anger against Schroeder's government and tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets. Earlier this week, protesters in the eastern city of Wittenberg threw eggs at Schroeder, but missed. TGA, you should fisk this story for us - I'm sure you could have fun an illuminate us with those unreported details which add so much, lol! |
| Posted by:.com |
| #13 #9 LOL. you're in rare form this morning, BigEd. #11 Bulldog:"....Except only teachers have the chance to tell everyone how great and noble they are...." Well,BD, on this side of the pond politicans also do that. And, occasionally, they're caught at in spite of the cover provided by like minded members of the partisan media. No particular pol in mind, (but I hear he once confided in a friend that he was a hero of the Vietnam war.) |
| Posted by: GK 2004-08-28 11:55:08 AM |
| #12 "Hard to reconcile the sage words above with this saying: "Those who can, do. Those who can't do, teach." And those that can't teach, write books about it! CiT |
| Posted by: CiT 2004-08-28 11:38:57 AM |
| #11 Teachers: just like any other profession you care to mention, the world over - there are good'uns, and there are bad'uns. Except only teachers have the chance to tell everyone how great and noble they are, for a good few years of all of our lives. Nice scam opportunity that some of the bad'uns choose to exploit. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-08-28 10:45:06 AM |
| #10 Well, teachers are supposed to be the finest, the elite, the "chosen ones" of a country, right? Hard to reconcile the sage words above with this saying: "Those who can, do. Those who can't do, teach." |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-08-28 10:31:14 AM |
| #9 SPoD : Did you answer your own queation? Haven't you heard of the NEA? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-08-28 8:55:13 AM |
| #8 If he is an mental case with no job why do they call him a teacher? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-08-28 6:01:44 AM |
| #7 Gentle - you really do believe everything your teachers tell you, don't you?! |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-08-28 5:00:06 AM |
| #6 I don't know much to add. I'm against slapping chancellors.. except when they are Nazis... like Kiesinger, who got slapped by Beate Klarsfeld time ago. That felt good (and I'm a conservative). The guy who slapped Schröder is indeed a slightly mentally deranged loser, who btw just studied to be teacher but didn't get a job and lived of welfare most of his life. Schröder got egged several times lately (the eggs missed). I can't blame him too hard for what he is doing right now... it's just that this is not what he has been promising people before the elections and instead of explaining the new program properly the whole government left on holidays. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-08-28 4:57:51 AM |
| #5 Like teacher, like student. Think of that! Who knows how many he has affected. Well, teachers are supposed to be the finest, the elite, the "chosen ones" of a country, right? |
| Posted by: Gentle 2004-08-28 4:17:23 AM |
| #4 An unpopular programme of welfare cuts has unleashed a wave of anger against Schroeder’s government and.. Go ahead, Socia...er, *ahem*...Schroeder, tax the working public even more to pay for your welfare programs. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-28 2:24:45 AM |
| #3 A teacher assaults his countries head-of-state and gets probabtion. Glad he didn't engage in hate speech, though. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-28 2:16:38 AM |
| #2 What's the going rate for a groin kick? |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-28 1:34:35 AM |
| #1 Let me see you assult the headf os state and get 4 months suspended. So then it must bo OK to kill him to. You would get the regular "life sentence" which is 7 years. Then get that suspended too. Not to worry. When the Islamo-Facists take over the death penalty will be reinstated with a vengance. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-08-28 1:29:12 AM |