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Ken “Boom Boom” Mettler wants to have it both ways. Despite his now-legendary fisticuffs prowess, I’m not gonna let him. He kicked and punched a protester Friday night at a rival Proposition 8 rally. The Kern High School District trustee and local Yes on Prop. 8 chairman says he was defending himself and that he is the victim, going so far as to call the man he hit the “perpetrator” because, Mettler says, he swung first. You can’t tell that from the video. All we know for sure is Mettler was kicking and punching at someone. Hmmm. I wonder how that’d go over if he were a student at KHSD? He’d be suspended, at the least. How can Mettler now legitimately have a say in disciplinary action over fighting, except perhaps to comment on technique? When I asked Mettler what kind of example he set by his actions, he said, “Violence is not acceptable, except I do believe people have a right to defend themselves.” Further:...
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