Bigga said:
ElanJo said:
Walking through the airport last week I saw a group of 5 or so arabs decked out in full Islamic gear. I turned to a mate and said jokingly 'I hope they aren't on our flight'. I was only half joking.
Walked onto the plane and there they were.
Was I concerned to some degree? Yes. Did I die? No. Was I wrong? Yes. Am I racist against arabs and/or prejudiced against Muslims? No.
I'd put it to anyone that Zimmerman's action to call the police about what he saw was, based on the fact that burglaries (esp. on RVC) are much more common than terrorist attacks on planes, much more understandable than what I thought at the airport. And yet I am sure we've all had those thoughts on a plane or at an airport at some point.
I think a large part of the evening was most likely a string of understandable but incorrect thoughts, choices and actions. In the end tho, based on the evidence and having watched every minute of the trial, I think it's clear that the jury made the right decision. Trayvon's death, a tragedy in human terms for sure, was almost certainly justifiable.
You answer your own questions from your own point of view yet agree you were a harbinger of racial profiling with regards to your own safety, but don't class it as racist?? If you said that to an independent psych analyst, I would think they may offer you another opinion. Genius...
I cannot believe I have read that an unarmed teen's fight with an armed man with a history of aggressive behaviour was "almost certainly justifiable" in the result of death. You have no clue what happened. Where was Zimmerman's gun if he was able to discharge from being straddled? Obviously on him, so it was clear that Zimmerman's frame of mind was readied "for any eventuality" when he decided a 'slow walking' Martin, who was armed with sweets and a drink was 'suspicious'. But you can't make an argument against the 'premeditation factor' cos it means Zimmerman would have to be unarmed.
Your(now unsurprising) comment staggers belief. You are making assumptions on this part of Martin's involvement and, therefore, adjudging his life to be worth less.
There are some real class kunts on BM, for real.
I have more of a clue than you, I know that much. I know that Trayvon was on top of Zimmerman and that he didn't stop bringing his arms down on him "MMA style" even when John Good came outside. At that point he is certainly the aggressor. Even if Zimmerman threw the first punch, for which there is no evidence, it doesn't matter. Considering Trayvon either waited at or turned around and went back up to the T, it makes more sense that he started it. But it doesn't matter.
BTW, stop saying "unarmed" or "armed with skittles/sweets", what relevance does it have? Zimmerman did not know whether or not he had a gun. It's just emotionally manipulative language in place of a real argument.
Being prepared does not equal premeditation, obviously.
Why is my comment "now unsurprising"?
How does the act of making assumptions about someone mean that as I result I am judging their life worth less?
You'll notice that I am asking you questions again as I always do (which is kind of foolish on my part because you rarely ever answer my questions). That's because you don't make arguments, and when you do they are all too often masked behind, let's say, convoluted grandstanding.
