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Trayvon Martin

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Rocket River, Mar 10, 2012.

  1. krosfyah

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    If that makes you feel better.

    Noted: Still not answering my question.
     
  2. FranchiseBlade

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    People who actually look at all the testimony do know who started the altercation. We all know that you aren't interested in the facts. We understand. You've been exposed.

    Keep trying though. It's funny.
     
  3. Nook

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    The photographs are being used by both sides to inflame and there is an undercurrent of racism from both sides. Look, Martin was 17 and Zimmerman was 28 .... To me that is more important than various photographs. At 17 I was not an adult.
     
  4. Carl Herrera

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    New pics definitely makes me reconsider. Blurry people are scary.
     
  5. krosfyah

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    C'mon texxx, we covered this already and you didn't refute. This was only like 2 pages ago.

    Zimmerman willfully put himself into a potentially hostile situation ...by his own language. Using his own state of mind, he thought that Martin was a crook and he approached him.

    At that point, if Martin unleashed a fist bouquet on Zimmerman then It's irrelevant who threw the first punch. Zimmerman approached what he thought was a dangerous person while he was armed.

    If I see a grizzly bear, I wouldn't approach it unless I was prepared to defend myself. If I do kill the bear, I'm not innocent. The bear was minding its own business until I came along.
     
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    The right does not agree.

    GOP newsletter

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    A top selling bumper sticker is not exactly pointing out his white mother and grandparents.
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    Republican Party Central Committee email depicting Obama and his parents as monkeys not as whites.

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    Does someone pay you to type this? Are you kidding me?
     
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    What part of it do you disagree with?
     
  9. krosfyah

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    I take it that you will not accuse others for race baiting any more.

    Note: still ignoring my question, huh?
     
  10. Bandwagoner

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    Are you calling what people told the media testimony? They aren't under oath with the penalty of perjury.

    No one understands your questions.
     
  11. Nook

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    I don't care what "the right" thinks, they thought Clinton was an inbreed redneck and "the left" thought Bush was a chimp. Concerning the bumpersticker I doubt it is that popular, I have never seen it before.

    If you are telling me that some conservatives are racist, you are wasting your time, you cannot convince me of something I know... Guess what, those same conservatives look at Zimmerman and see a Hispanic.
     
  12. crash5179

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    Who's testomony exactly?
     
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    Nope, I was just exposing your comment about Obama's narrative about being the 1st black president, because Obama views himself as black or it makes a good story. I am showing you the other side that their many that still him as just a black man.

    As for the bumper sticker...

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/don-t-nig-purveyor-paula-smith-says-bumper-185405237.html

     
  14. Nook

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    I never said that many people didn't view Obama as black.. I don't really care other than to point out he is biracial.

    Concerning the bumper sticker, they found one lady running an Internet site that said it was her third best seller... That doesn't make it a common or popular sticker, there are many tens of thousands of Obama bumper stickers, I have NEVER seen it before, and when they researched it they found only one person selling it... It is insincere to say that it is a popular or best selling bumper sticker.
     
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    Could you explain or elabprate on what you mean by George is 28 and martin is 17.
    Just wanna know your opinion.
     
  16. Nook

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    I an an attorney, and legally this point has little importance.. But personally I have a problem with a 28 year old man following a 17 year old, that as far as we know did nothing wrong. At 17 I would have been scared and not know how the handle the situation well.

    Regardless of whether Zimmerman acted in self defense, I find it disturbing that he intended to confront a 17 year old that he had now proof had done anything wrong.
     
  17. crash5179

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    Being 17 is no defense. 17 is pretty damn grown and you should no right from wrong. I'm not saying Treyvon did anything wrong but we can not use 17 as a defense period. Plenty of crimes including murder and rape are commited by 17 year old young men unfortunately. There is no evidence that I am aware of that Treyvon falls into this catogory. Just saying to stop trying to make it sound like a grown man taking down a 5 year old kid.
     
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    You're still a kid at 17. People who say otherwise are probably still kids or haven't grown up
     
  19. Nook

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    I take it you haven't read all my posts in this thread, there are a number of posters that would say I have cut Zimmerman too much slack. My opinion concerning the age difference has no legal importance.. Having said that, if I were Zimmerman I would fell bad following and attempting to confront a 17 year old that I have no evidence against other than suspicion.
     
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