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MasterCaneman -> RE: UNMODERATED ZIMMERMAN (7/19/2013 12:07:42 PM)
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ORIGINAL: tj444
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ORIGINAL: MasterCaneman
Irrelevant. I carry a loaded gun too, and I don't offer rides to anyone but the three I mentioned above. Why is it so hard to understand why Zimmerman didn't offer the kid a ride? Do you do this?
ETA for this: When I say "oncoming headlights", I mean the aftereffects of driving down a street at night. Human eyes are not good at the changing light levels, and why does it matter so much that he had to offer the kid a ride home?
maybe for older eyes but Zimmy was only 28 at the time.. [8|]
I dont offer people rides cuz I dont own a vehicle.. I do accept rides tho, from strangers, even from (gasp) rideshare ads on craigslist.. [;)]
Imo.. its actually not so much offering someone (who is in your gated community & needed a key/passcode to get in) a ride, as the attitude of being friendly, rather than adversarial.. people do tend to be more open and friendly in return if you are that way to them.. Zimmy could have asked the kid in a friendly way if he was lost and gotten the same answer.. again.. no dead kid.. no Zimmy in trouble..
I'd agree with that, but the fact of the matter (as related to and affirmed by a court of law), Martin did do some things that could have been considered questionable to a reasonable observer. He was being purposely evasive after discovering he was being followed/watched instead of approaching Zimmerman and asking him why was he following him. Not saying that Zimmerman didn't make mistakes-he made a number of them.
And just because you need a passkey/code to get in somewhere doesn't mean you can't get is. Trust me on this one. Most 'gated' communities have perimeters that are not difficult to breach if one desires to. I said this a couple hundred posts ago: both made mistakes. One died, one probably wishes he were dead. Nitpicking about how 'nice' someone should be doesn't change that.
The biggest thing about this that ticks me off is people who allow their emotions to decide what is 'right' and what happened. This is a disservice to not only the victim, but to the people who investigated the incident, and the entire state of Florida, which is going to eventually have to pay for all this BS. It was a routine (sorry if that seems cold to you) incident that became a political football to serve other interests than justice.
It's also become a major cash cow for a number of other interests, not the least the legal community, which stands to make bucketloads of cash out of this. And the media, which will make even more cash from the advertising revenue they garner by ensuring that eyeballs stay glued to screens. Oh, and I won't leave out the politicians here. They get a slice out of this pie by spinning this story into their fundraisers.
You want to make this a crime, there it is right above this sentence. The trial is over, and except for the DOJ and Holder's upcoming dickwaving over this, done. We'll be hearing about this for years to come, and not for the right reasons.
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