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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3353590/detail.html 'Bumfights' Connected To Teacher Accused Of Showing Beheading Ryan McPherson Says Educator Is 'Great Teacher'POSTED: 11:17 am PDT May 27, 2004 UPDATED: 2:09 pm PDT May 27, 2004 SAN DIEGO -- The creator of Bumfights is a former student of the teacher accused of showing Nicholas Berg's beheading in class, and he told NBC 7/39 that the educator is a "great teacher." "Bumfights," the highly controversial video showing homeless men getting drunk and fighting, was created by former Grossmont High School student Ryan McPherson. He is a former student of Grossmont High School social-sciences teacher Michael Smith, who allegedly played the audio of the decapitation video in class and showed students two still pictures of video -- of images of Berg immediately before and after the decapitation. "He's a great teacher," said McPherson. "He's the only teacher I've ever had that encouraged independent thought." In a show of support for Smith, McPherson has an audio clip of Berg's beheading on his cell-phone voicemail. McPherson said that the execution is a harsh reality that shouldn't be censored. "He puts on the news," said McPherson. "He's not saying, 'You gotta be scared.' He's saying, 'This is what is going on.' " McPherson said that when he was a student in 2001, Smith allowed him to do a video project about unemployment. The video showed two homeless men applying for jobs at a donut shop. In the video, the men toss garbage from a Dumpster in celebration after being told that they had been hired, even though, in truth, they weren't hired. "Mr. Smith loved them," said McPherson. "The kids loved them. no one was offended. There's really nothing to take offense." Tiffany Hall is also a former student of Smith's. She disagreed, however, with McPherson's assessment. "Not all of the students thought it was great," said Hall. "Some of the students were offended by it." Hall is angry that McPherson got an A for his class project with the homeless men "You could tell that the homeless people were high and drunk on the video," said Hall. Hall told NBC 7/39 that she wasn't surprised that her former teacher has been accused of showing students a photo of the Berg beheading. "He assumes we all have the maturity of an adult," said Hall. "Some of us don't. He doesn't realize what he shows us affects us 10, 20, 30 years down the road." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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