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In reply to the discussion: Gun related post here, feel free to avoid the territory [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,567 posts)14. I'll go out on a limb here
I think Zimmermann clearly acted unwisely and perhaps provoked the attack.
Were I carrying, I would be acting quite the opposite. I'd be overly cautious to avoid any and all possible altercations.
IMHO, not being wrong doesn't lead to being right.
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How many other people given a fair trial and found not guilty do you want incarcerated?
Lurks Often
May 2016
#121
Bingo.......and this is why I believe that Florida passed new legislation post Z
pablo_marmol
Mar 2015
#19
Zimmerman was the first aggressor, plain and simple. He was armed, playing self appointed
Ghost in the Machine
Mar 2015
#22
"He was not told to stay in the car". When it first happened, that's what I read somewhere...
Ghost in the Machine
Mar 2015
#57
He was told that officers were already on the way, then Zimmerman said "he's running away now"
Ghost in the Machine
Mar 2015
#71
All you have to do is look at what Martin was doing when he was shot and what was happening
braddy
May 2016
#126
You strongly implied, suggested, or inferred it, obviously, gejohn....Maybe an edit or an apology?
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#35
So if was not a personal attack it was just an ad hominem attack on mathematicians? Still not cool.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#56
Could be a strawman attack then? Imputing general incompetency from one dubious example?
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#63
What do my calculus classes have to do with Goerge Zimmerman's Gunstalking?
stone space
Mar 2015
#40
If George Zimmerman shows up in my calculus class armed, he's going to jail.
stone space
Mar 2015
#42
Zimmerman is a racist cold blooded murderer, and his DU supporters are trolls.
stone space
May 2016
#100
More personals attacks from you, just shows that you don't understand criminal law
Lurks Often
May 2016
#101
How is that a personal attack? Folks who support cold-blooded murder are trolls.
stone space
May 2016
#104
Quick! You need to alert Skinner in ATA to all the Trolls on his website you've found!
DonP
May 2016
#107
How many other people given a fair trial and found not guilty do you want jailed?
Lurks Often
May 2016
#120
I voted "other." Zimmerman broke no current laws, and I'm not sure if the laws need...
Eleanors38
Mar 2015
#43
It is not against the law for a white man to stalk and murder a black teenager wearing a hoodie
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2015
#51
I've been watching the courts for years, and in most cases such murders are unpunished.
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2015
#53
The races aren't going to be reversed. We are discussing reality not a fantasy novel.
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2015
#69
In what other DU group would 62% of respondents say Zman acted reasonably?
stone space
May 2016
#133
How many other people given a fair trial and found not guilty do you want incarcerated?
Lurks Often
May 2016
#140
The jury disagreed with you, as do most people who understand criminal law
Lurks Often
May 2016
#156
Time to resave the list. I see that it is changing from last time I copied it.
stone space
May 2016
#79
I voted "other." He broke no laws, but he blurred the line twixt neighborhood patrol...
Eleanors38
May 2016
#84
I would contend that the only reason why this poll scores majority support for Zimmerman...
stone space
May 2016
#93