Over the past couple weeks, a number of people had weighed in as supporting Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon and, who decked an idiot who asked Aldrin to swear on a Bible that the Moon landing actually took place. The idiot, Bart Sibrel, is one of those folks who think the entire moon landing was staged.
But as much as I’m a fan of Aldrin, it didn’t seem to me that being asked to swear on a Bible that you weren’t a liar was rude, I’m not sure it warranted punching Sibrel out.
But the BBC has the rest of the story in an article about Aldrin being cleared of any charges in the matter. Sibrel lured Aldrin to a hotel on the false claim that he wanted to interview the astronaut. Sibrel then called Aldrin a “thief, liar and coward,” and physically poked Aldrin with the Bible.
And, as he had every right to, Aldrin then decked Sibrel. If I were a celebrity who thought he was doing a straighforward interview, only to end up outside a hotel with some wacko poking me with a Bible and demanding I swear on it that I wasn’t a fraud, I think I’d follow the same course of action.