He was a guest in the gated community, he had a right to be there. There is a distinct difference between people who help other people and 'wanna bes' (or, as my wife reminded earlier, 'yuk yuks'). The former do it out of the kindness of their hearts, the latter do it for some inflated sense of 'glory'.
A good example of the former would be those teenagers who chased a would be kidnapper on their bikes last week. A good example of the later would be George Zimmerman. In this case, Martin was doing nothing illegal, if Zimmerman had 'left it to the professionals', Martin would be alive' and we never would have known either existed. Still an perplexed that you think Martin would have answered any questions Zimmerman may have asked him. Person committing a crime by driving drunk - violation of their rights to be questioned by a police officer. Person not committing a crime contributed to their own death by not answering questions asked by a private citizen. Simply baffling. On Jul 22, 2013 9:42 PM, "LRS Scout" <[email protected]> wrote: > > An individual on private property? Who isn't an officer of the law? No > problem. > > There is a difference you know right? > > This is a gated community. It is all private property. > > If he were on a public side walk I'd have a different opinion. > > Also I want to address some stuff you said earlier about wanna bes. I > remember when crime was still really bad and climbing, not dropping and > badly reported. I remember when people walked by rapes and murders and did > nothing. You basically talked down to people who go out of there way to > help other people. Leave it to the professionals right? But the supreme > court had found that police don't have any obligation to protect you. So > if that's true you have to protect yourself and we need to be able to > protect each other. > > As a private citizen I can do all kinds of things I could not as a soldier > and the same is true of the police. > On Jul 22, 2013 9:28 PM, "Scott Stroz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Are you really implying that a person who was doing nothing illegal is > > partly to blame for their death because they did not answer questions > that > > were asked by someone who was NOT a police officer? > > > > This coming from the guy who is against DWI check points because they > > violate your rights? > > > > Sorry, Tim, that just seems a bit inconsistent. A drunk person driving a > > car should not have to answer questions asked by a police officer at a > DWI > > check point, but Martin should have answered questions asked by > Zimmerman, > > who had absolutely no authority to be asking them to begin with? > > On Jul 22, 2013 9:09 PM, "LRS Scout" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Stalked implies his death was the goal. > > > > > > Do you really think that was Zimmerman initial intent? > > > > > > I don't think anyone but Larry has suggested that. > > > > > > And I thought it was his dad's girlfriends place. He had only just > moved > > in > > > and it was only temporary. > > > > > > Yes Zimmerman should have stayed in the car, but Martin could have just > > > answered his questions and been about his business too. > > > On Jul 22, 2013 6:56 PM, "Judah McAuley" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It was the home where he was staying, with a relative. How is that > not > > > his > > > > home? And what does it matter? If it was the home of a friend, it > > > shouldn't > > > > make a single bit of difference. You walk to the store to grab some > > > > skittles and then walk back to the house, you should not be stalked > and > > > > killed. Period. > > > > > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:21 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not his home yet again. > > > > > On Jul 22, 2013 5:57 PM, "Judah McAuley" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Trayvon Martin was not giving him shit. He was walking home with > a > > > bag > > > > of > > > > > > Skittles to watch a football game with his dad. He wasn't > entering > > > > > anyone's > > > > > > building. He wasn't stealing anything. > > > > > > > > > > > > Zimmerman had problems with a caricature of Martin. He had beef > > with > > > > the > > > > > > idea of someone, not with him. Zimmerman projected his issues on > > > > someone > > > > > > else and that someone else paid the price, in this case, with his > > > life. > > > > > > > > > > > > That's kinda different. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365827 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
