The editors of the Rocky Mountain News have said that my battle with ladies' night is an exploitation of civil rights laws ("Ladies night pettiness," March 7). But they haven't been listening to me. I've always said my battle isn't with the stupid ol' bar promotion which gives favors to women based on their sex in violation of state law. It's about teaching the feminists a good lesson on civil rights: What's good for the goose is good for the gander. They don't seem to like that.

I believe that giving preferential treatment (favors) to certain classes based on sex or race creates resentment, anger and confusion. ("Why does she or he get the favors and not me?")

Then, when those who have been promised special favors end up not receiving what they've been promised - as we see with illegal immigrants who have been promised free schooling, health care, rent and food vouchers - the entitlement mentality sets in (so entrenched with the social-services handout crowd) and raises its ugly head and cries: "Hey, I'm not getting what I was promised. Others are getting more than me. I'm angry." For proof, just look at how many are angry at me for squelching their favors connected with ladies' night.

In both scenarios, a feeling of resentment, anger and ultimately revenge is created. With me, I'm angry about women flaunting their Little-Ms.-Princess attitudes which, as the Justice Department will verify, is a result of arrogance arising from the notion that "those laws don't pertain to me because I'm special." Subsequently, young women ages 15-24 are the fastest growing cell of prison and jail inmates.

But, my shutting down ladies' night is benign compared to the revenge taken out by some toward hypocritical policies that say one thing but mean another. Examples are schoolkids shooting other schoolkids because they feel angry and betrayed (real or imagined); machine-gunners blasting their way through abortion clinics; angry, right-wing border vigilantes shooting border hoppers at will; and suicide bombers blowing up Jewish seminaries.

So, you can call me crazy or mean or whatever, but I'm just the tip of the iceberg. Hitler was another man who felt betrayed by hypocritical, liberal(Marxist) public policies and you remember how he responded, don't you? That's what I'm trying to prevent. Because if we don't stop the betrayals through hypocritical public policies, it will happen again. Because there are people a lot more angry than I am. Trust me.

Steve Horner is a resident of Denver.