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voice in most uncomplimentary terms. The
engineers (who were heterosexual, not that it matters) took exception to
being called "fags" and shouted back at him. The
bartender noted the commotion and recognized that the source was the tour
director from the credit card incident earlier. He summoned security again.
Security arrived and recognized the instigator too. The tour director was
asked to leave the bar. He did, but that wasn't the end of the incident. A
short while later, one of the two remaining engineers got up to go to the
washroom. Outside of the washroom he found the tour director, who was
spoiling for a fight. This engineer gave the tour director a piece of his
mind. The tour director, probably noticing that this fellow was quite a bit
bigger than he was, slunk away. The engineer was so agitated that he forgot
to go to the washroom and returned to the bar. Ten
minutes later the other (smaller) engineer went to the washroom. He had been
warned by his companion, but found no one waiting outside. A few minutes
later, while this engineer was washing his hands, he heard a sound behind
him. He turned to find the tour director stepping up to him to launch a
further verbal tirade. This engineer did not want to listen to the tour
director's ranting, so he tried to push past him. The tour director then
struck the engineer several times in the face with his fists, knocking the
engineer through the door into the hallway. Three
wedding guests were just then walking down this hallway, minding their own
business. Suddenly the smaller engineer fell out of the doorway at their
feet, followed closely by the Christian tour director. In front of these
horrified guests, the Christian tour director grabbed the engineer's ears and
kneed him in the head, knocking the engineer out cold. The tour director then
adopted a martial arts stance and informed the stunned wedding guests that he
was a “good old boy” and would take them all on. The guests fell back and the
tour director strutted to the front desk. There the Christian tour director
asked the desk clerk to call the police to deal with the “people harassing
him.” Moments
later my partner and I arrived. I found myself talking to the Christian tour
director while my partner interviewed everyone else involved. Meanwhile
paramedics were treating the injured engineer. The
tour director must have figured me to be another “good old Christian boy”
since I was a police officer in uniform. He explained to me how he had been
harassed by “faggots.” He told me that his female companions had been chased
off by inconsiderate hotel staff. The tour director told me that he and his
group were “God-fearing Christians” and deserved special treatment. He
appealed to me as a “good Christian officer” to arrest these “fags.” This was
the tour director's second major mistake. At
this point I came to the conclusion that this director certainly did deserve
special treatment. Therefore I performed a magical act: I made the director
disappear. Into the back of a police
Paddy wagon that is. This good old Pagan boy had the director charged with
aggravated assault. Within a half and hour the director had appeared in front
of a Canada Immigration Duty Officer, still wearing a stunned expression. I've
never been to Georgia. I can only hope that pompous asses like this Christian
tour director are a rarity down there. I think that this tour director must
have come from the Church of Do-As-I-Say-But-Not-As-I-Do. I hope that police
officers in Georgia share my views with regards to this type of behavior.
Hopefully this tour director’s Church shares them too. In
a perfect world all police officers are impartial and fair. In a perfect
world the Yule season would be a time of peace and happiness. Whether you were a victim or a suspect, it
wouldn’t matter what your religious beliefs were. Unfortunately the
experiences of my Wiccan colleagues and I have shown that this world isn’t
yet perfect. Kerr Cuhulain |
Yule, conclusion
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