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Originally Posted by Dr.Bobby
Ben, laws are designed to prevent people from being idiots. Not encourage idiotic behavior, especially when the result can be lethal. This isn't a case of self defense, Zimmerman was not being threatened.
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Laws are designed to punish people who do bad things. It doesn't really curb stupidity. If it did, we wouldn't be clamoring for more Jersey Shore while NASA gets bare-bone funding.
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Originally Posted by Dr.Bobby
Let's not become so calloused that we miss the essential fact here: A totally innocent person is now dead b/c there is a law on the books that allows people to play cop without any training or qualifications to do so.
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Actually, an innocent person is dead because Zimmerman as an idiot. The law is fine, because you see, if he's found to have acted without a justified reason for self defense (which most likely will happen), then he goes to jail, and justice is served.