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Well, first of all, Zimmerman's case was won based on a standard Self Defense claim, NOT Florida's Stand Your Ground law. Secondly, Zimmerman's story is not an "impossible fabrication". If that was the case, he would have been charged with murder immediately, the lead investigator wouldn't...

PeZook, The point is to weigh harm prevented vs. harm done, which "Oh we kill less civilians than we used to!" does not address at all. So fucking what that you blow less people into bloody chunks than in Dresden? Is it supposed to make the people blown into bloody chunks feel any better? ...

That if he were beaten into the pavement like he said happened then A: he would look vastly different and B: the EMTs would be in jail now for mishandling the situation so poorly. It is almost literally impossible for his version of the events to hold up, so calling it "at least as likely"...

Sure, but the fact it wasn't used in Court makes me doubt it's value as evidence.

I think the word "evidence" means something different than you think it does. If there was evidence that Zimmerman was lying, it would have been used at his trial. So either the evidence doesn't exist, or the evidence that does exist supports GZ's story or AT LEAST lends itself to reasonab...

So, the fact that Serino -- the trained investigator who interviewed Zimmerman - basically believed Zimmerman's account is inconsequential to you? Sure, GZ COULD have been lying, and Chris Serino COULD have been taken in by it. But it seems to me that the belief of a trained investigator is a bit mo...

Metahive, Just not one you could arsed to actually give a shit about. I daresay that if you had a dog and it died you'd consider it a more of a tragedy. If your point is that we tend to care more about things that have a personal connection to us than things that don't, then I suppose you're right. ...

Is gerrymandering so popular with both parties that no one will introduce a law that requires redrawing districts using a set algorithm that will produce a unique and fair result? Basically, yes. Oh, the Democrats in Texas might support such an algorithm, but only because they aren't the party in p...

The US is in a habit of killing random children, just by where they happen to be. If you can't fathom the sheer moral revulsion in this, then I can't help you. Let me ask you a question, fuckwit. Between the United States and Al Qaeda, which one has a history of deliberately targeting civilians? Wh...

Hmmm. For some Civil War flair, how about at Antietam, McClellan failing to decisively defeat Lee despite his possession of Special Order No. 191?

As to the second aspect, it is certainly possible Zimmerman inflicted the injuries on himself. But if he did so, he was extremely lucky that there were no eye witnesses to dispute his side of events. This. Also, when Chris Serino first questioned GZ, he basically bluffed him by telling GZ that some...

Does anyone find it a little bit telling that Obama changed his tune on Gitmo the second he was inaugurated? AKA, began to receive National Security briefings and had access to classified intelligence? I'm just saying, we're all a bunch of fucktards who have an opinion and very few facts, because th...

Both parties gerrymander, and it has nothing to do with racism. It has to do with...wait for it...helping your political party win. Note that I'm not advocating for the system of gerrymandering, but the intent of it has very little, if anything, to do with racism. The fact is that the vast majority ...