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In reply to the discussion: Gun related post here, feel free to avoid the territory [View all]sarisataka
(20,905 posts)47. Genuinely curious
If George Zimmerman shows up in my calculus class armed, he's going to jail
How? Citizen's arrest?
Why? Being putrid snail slime is an offense but not illegal.
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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