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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1174449" data-attributes="member: 14668">That same large percentage of the country would agree with the laws if they were the ones being attacked and having to defend themselves.Its very easy to play armchair quarterback when it comes to judging someone else&#039;s split-second decision to use lethal force to save their own life. The bottom line is that I&#039;d still rather stick with what we have, which is the presumption of innocence unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, even if it means that someone like Zimmerman who is guilty of being an idiot goes free.This case was never about race until the media made it that way. If Zimmerman and Trayvon had both been the same color, it would have been plea-bargained out almost a year ago and good for nothing more than a paragraph or two in the local paper. Same thing with the fact that a gun was used; had Zimmerman employed a knife or a bat the amount of media attention given to the case would have been negligible even if the final outcome was no different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1174449, member: 14668"] That same large percentage of the country would [I]agree[/I] with the laws if [I]they[/I] were the ones being attacked and having to defend themselves. Its very easy to play armchair quarterback when it comes to judging [I]someone else's[/I] split-second decision to use lethal force to save their own life. The bottom line is that I'd still rather stick with what we have, which is the [I]presumption of innocence[/I] unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, even if it means that someone like Zimmerman who [I]is[/I] guilty of being an idiot goes free. This case was never about race until the media [I]made[/I] it that way. If Zimmerman and Trayvon had both been the same color, it would have been plea-bargained out almost a year ago and good for nothing more than a paragraph or two in the local paper. Same thing with the fact that a gun was used; had Zimmerman employed a knife or a bat the amount of media attention given to the case would have been negligible even if the final outcome was no different. [/QUOTE]

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