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Old 04-30-2012, 12:22 PM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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Thanks for having the grace to admit you made a boo-boo.
One does not see that very often in these parts.
That's for sure. (*ahem*)
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Old 04-30-2012, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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this is definitely an "us" vs. "them". This incident has plenty of racial overtones. You can try to live in fantasy world, this is the real world. The only justice is if he is in jail.
Gearing up for the riots, are you? Better get down to Home Depot quick - I hear that the bricks are flying off the shelves! Thankfully, none of them have hit any white truck drivers just yet.
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Old 04-30-2012, 12:46 PM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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What about extending some of that "humanity and decency" to the parents and loved ones of Trayvon Martin? After all, he's dead, and the man who killed him - the man who killed him - is still living.

Do I believe that George Zimmerman deserves a fair trial, due process? Yes. But do I give a damn about him otherwise? Hell, no.
A) You whizzed right over the point of the post, as evidenced by your bolding a portion of it.

B) I see you've already convinced yourself of his guilt. I don't believe for one second that you want him to have a fair trial. Thank you for proving my point so eloquently.
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Old 04-30-2012, 01:08 PM
 
Location: Center of the universe
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A) You whizzed right over the point of the post, as evidenced by your bolding a portion of it.
You had a point?

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B) I see you've already convinced yourself of his guilt. I don't believe for one second that you want him to have a fair trial. Thank you for proving my point so eloquently.
What you believe doesn't matter to me. And when you have a point, please let me know.
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Old 04-30-2012, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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That's for sure. (*ahem*)
When one is wrong, one apologizes.
Might do you a bit of good to learn that.
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Old 04-30-2012, 01:19 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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You had a point?



What you believe doesn't matter to me. And when you have a point, please let me know.
Looks as though someone is bored, and is doing a bit of trolling.
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Old 04-30-2012, 01:22 PM
 
Location: Humboldt Park, Chicago
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How do you figure a person that attacks another is innocent or that a person defending himself from the attack of another needs to pay? From my view the debt was paid when the young man died. IMHO it really doesnt matter what you are doing, if somebody attacks you you have a right to defend yourself in any situation.
You're assumption that Trayvon was the aggressor is unsubstantiated.
Even if Zimmerman had injuries, it does not mean he didn't start the fight, it just means he started a fight he couldn't finish without his gun.
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Old 04-30-2012, 03:53 PM
 
Location: 33612
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The use of "kid" and "child" in this situation is disingenuous. It's just as disingenuous as when the media profiled TM as being a 13 year old with a Hollister shirt on.

If accuracy is the issue, then technically he's an adolescent. But the media won't use that because it doesn't sound as sexy in the story line. Hence why some are starting to see that there is some bias to this.


If you cant admit he's a kid then forget it. You dont even see his humanity. An adolescent is a kid. Your 17 year old brother sister , niece , nephew is a kid not a adult
or anything like that.
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Old 04-30-2012, 04:34 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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If you've ever raised teens, you know that 17 year olds aren't adults.
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Old 04-30-2012, 05:16 PM
 
Location: Maryland
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"Punks Jump Up to Get Beatdown", that what happened between Martin and Zimmerman.
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