Edwynn
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ORIGINAL: BamaD He could not have defended himself if he were not attacked. He would have had no need to defend himself had he not been pursuing a course for which he was not professionally qualified, nor legally empowered, and for which he had been specifically been directed by an agent of authority to not pursue. And if he had any sane concern for his own well being, then he would have waited for LE to arrive and do their job, especially when he knew they were on the way. The immediate instance of a teenager answering to the molestation of a pervert (and there was no other way for any normal teen to perceive a shaved-head, heavily breathing, sweating, red-sweatshirt-wearing blob saying incoherent things while being pursued otherwise), can explain why Z -might have been- in 'self defense' mode. But the fact that he had a gun seems to have adjusted his sense of vulnerability to the point where he felt he didn't need to wait on the police. It is on record that he knew the police were on the way, and he chose to act on his own in any case, with full knowledge of that. No one forced him to not wait on the police, end of story. Which also negates any sense of self defense in the broader term. Sane people's first defense is to avoid trouble in the first place, in which instance Zimmerman was doing quite the opposite. It's hard to argue self defense when a person goes so far as that to put himself in danger, but I can't disagree that that's how the wacko law of the land happened to work out in this case. quote:
Had there been proof , even evidence that Zimmerman was too unstable to own a gun the prosecution would have mentioned it. Not enough evidence for you, perhaps, but more than enough for the rest of a sane society. If you want that guy in your neighborhood, you can have him, but the conjecture here is that your sanity-posessed neighbors would direct a stern eye towards you for inviting him, which you seem to be more than willing to do.
< Message edited by Edwynn -- 8/21/2013 2:17:03 PM >
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