[eDebate] In defense of Hester

[Josh]

I was there that summer too, its true,

Josh

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Michael Korcok <mmk_savant at hotmail.com>
wrote:


> Michael Hester needs no defense.  He is like Chuck Norris in that regard.

> I don't know much about Hester other than the occasional smile and howdy at

> the rare tournament.  Except I know this.

>

> When Hester was a camper at the Arizona Debate Institute one summer about

> 29 years ago (it may have been only 15 years ago), there was an "incident."

> One evening, like 10pm, the sirens started to blare and the police began to

> swarm all over the Howard Johnson's, the ADI hotel.  They told all of us in

> public areas that we needed to go to our rooms and lock our doors

> immediately.  Apparently there was an evildoer running about and we were

> much better off behind doors than out by the pool or in the lobby or milling

> about.  I was an instructor and so went to my room as instructed to hang

> with a few folks.  We waited and waited and waited.  It took a couple of

> hours to get the all-clear from the police.

>

> It turns out that a suspect in a murder had escaped police custody some

> blocks away and had been on the run.   This guy had run into the Howard

> Johnson's and the police had followed him.  We were on lockdown until they

> finally caught the guy.  As folks talked to each other about the events of

> the evening, the reports of sightings began to accumulate:  one camper had

> been thrown out of an elevator by him, one camper saw him sneaking through

> the stairwell, one camper had peed on themselves when that guy pounded on

> their door, and so on.

>

> The most memorable account was by a couple of folks who had witnessed an

> act worthy of a Bronze Star of Debate Geekhood.  The aforementioned alleged

> murderer was running around on an upper floor when he saw a red-headed guy

> sitting in the hall on the floor, paper strewn all around him.  He ran

> toward this kid, yelling obscenities and threatening bodily harm while

> brandishing a knife.  Something to the effect that if he didn't get lost he

> would kill him.  The kid, rather than running into his room, looked up and

> told Mr. Alleged Killer Running Amok "I'm not going anywhere.  I'm a debater

> and I need to finish cutting these cards."

>

> The collective narrative had it that the Foul Murderer, stunned by this

> display of Nerdiness, simply shut up and walked away.  He was apprehended by

> the police a short while later on a different floor.

>

> True story.  Michael Hester needs no defense.  Well, that I know of

> anyway...

>

> Michael Korcok

>

>

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>

> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:12:55 -0400

> From: stevendamico at gmail.com

> To: edebate at ndtceda.com

> Subject: [eDebate] In defense of Hester

>

>

>

>  Hey folks,

> Back off on Hester a bit.

>

> Hester is one of the kindest, most welcoming (and most fun) souls I have

> met in debate. Yes he said one thing a few of us extremely disagree wit, but

> that doesn't justify the vitriol I am seeing in some of these posts.

> Especially since he has engaged in a discussion and admits others have good

> points. That's both debate and consensus building.

>

> The fact hester wouldn't think anyone would hire based on edebate rantings

> just shows how awesome he is--because he would never hire on such dumb

> criteria, while we all know some dumb ass lawyer in NYC would.

>

> I think everyone needs to point their anger in the right direction,

> because if you really think about all of this, it's all G.W.Bush's (and Jack

> Stroube's) fault.

>

> Friends don't let friends vote Republican (or for Ron Paul--I'm looking at

> you Paul Strait)

>

> D'Amico

>

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