igor2003 -> RE: UNMODERATED ZIMMERMAN (7/20/2013 8:06:59 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Wendel27 I'm genuinely not sure what post yours refers to Tammy. I've never suggested Martin feared he was about to be raped. I must confess i'm not sure how you've come that conclusion either. I used the example of a rape to demonstrate that a victim's behaviour, if legal, does not water down or legitimise a crime against them... I wasn't suggesting Zimmerman had wads of cash strapped to him while strolling down the Bronx either, it was an analogy. You seem to be a person that likes analogies, so here is an analogy for you to ponder: A groundskeeper at a zoo one day sees a lion that he thinks is acting strangely. Instead of waiting for the people in charge of the lions to get there, he decides to investigate it himself…telling himself that he is doing it so that he can better report on what the lion is doing (or at least that is what he later says). So he enters the cage and starts to follow the lion. The lion runs to get away, and the groundskeeper runs after the lion. Feeling threatened, the lion confronts the groundskeeper. Now the grounds keeper feels threatened and pulls a gun and shoots the lion. So, was the groundskeeper justified in killing the lion? Or should he be held accountable for the lion’s death? …or both? Certainly, AT THAT MOMENT it was probably either him or the lion, and in order to preserve his own life the groundskeeper found it necessary to kill the lion. But should he not, in some way, be held accountable for his part in having created that situation to begin with? Most of the people, on both sides of this case (Zimmerman/Martin), seem to agree on one point…that both Zimmerman and Martin didn’t handle the situation as well as they should have. And yet it seems that all the Zimmerman fans think it is just fine that Martin died and Zimmerman isn’t held accountable for his part in the follies that took place that evening. For his part, Martin paid with his life. But for Zimmerman’s part, he walks out of court a free man. The last line of the Pledge of Allegiance says, “…with liberty and justice for ALL.” Where is the justice for Martin and his family?
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