Now guys, don't go putting words in my mouth. I said neither that the responsibility for Martin's death was 50/50 for Zimmerman vs. Martin; nor, Zimmerman vs. Martin's parents. I didn't assign any proportions at all.
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Originally Posted by BigV
I'll say definitively that you are completely wrong to suggest that Travon Martin's parents are equally responsible for his death as George Zimmerman is.
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I didn't. I was speaking of parents in general. For all I know, Martin's parents may have taught him that lesson and he chose to ignore it.
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Thus, both Sexobon and you have now drawn conclusions that you couldn't actually draw, based on your faulty narratives of the events of that night.
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BigV doesn't speak for me, toadstool.
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If I drive through a green light and am hit from the side by someone running the red light, I bear *no* responsibility for the collision.
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Tell that to the family of your passenger who was killed if the collision could have been avoided by you driving defensively.
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Originally Posted by BigV
You know, authority is a lot like the right of way--it can not be seized, it can only be yielded to.
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That's part of the victim profile.
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Originally Posted by DanaC
Take it as an indication of real hurt.
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I'm so sorry. Stiff upper lip, babe.
My point, often overlooked here, is that a young man named Trayvon Martin could have saved his own life if he had used more discretion in his interaction with an errant George Zimmerman. That deficit, regardless of source or relative proportion, was the only aspect of his predicament that Martin had any control over. Many of you are not ready to accept that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure in life or death situations outside of healthcare. I hope that you and your loved ones never have to pay the price for such narrow-mindedness as Martin did.