MexSoxFan#1

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:56 PM) Trying to 'play cop' resulted in an innocent person being shot to death. Zimmerman shot 1 time and killed a child who had been doing absolutely nothing wrong. He was young, black and had a hoodie, doe

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:53 PM) Suspension for name calling please. You do come off as a "gun nut" though No offense

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:51 PM) This cannot be pointed out enough. ......................

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:47 PM) But the guy with the gun picked the fight. Martin was running away, Zimmerman chased him. You keep conveniently forgetting that Martin tried to run away to start and Zimmerman escalated a simple situation by chasing. Had he just done nothing, no one gets hurt, no one goes to jail, no taxpayer money is wasted. There is literally no situation where what Zimmerman did, ends in a fairy tale. Its not like he saw Martin even breaking into a house or car, he literally was walking down the street. In no world does that give a normal citizen the right to follow with a gun. The second Zimmerman decided he was going to be a vigilante, is the second that someone was likely going to get seriously injured. And that decision occurred days/weeks/months before Martin stepped out of his house. Its time to be serious and live in a serious world. You are lying if you really want random people running around your neighborhood chasing teenagers with guns. Flat out lying, because you wouldnt accept it for a second. Only in Jenks neighborhood

Its gonna get really ugly if Zimmerman walks scot free, especially considering the jury racial make up.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:38 PM) Especially if you're not white! I ain't running from you either

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:34 PM) Nice cherry picking there. You knew what I meant. Of course all races commit crimes but there are races that get their crimes magnified in depth more so than others. Adam Lanza shoots up 20+ kids/adults. "Well he had mental problems, he's just one guy!" A black/mexican robs someone. "Those blacks and mexicans are ruining this great country!" By a racist media that magnifies what minorities do. Whites also commit robberies.

I hope I never have to walk through Jenks neighborhood...

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 01:47 PM) Its a tough one. I just dont like the idea that someone can follow me around and if I get nervous or try and protect myself, he may then have the right to shoot me? It just seems circular. I also think (and correct me if Im wrong) that the fact 911 told Zimmerman to stop pursuing should be strong evidence that Zimmerman should face some consequence. If he had just listened multiple lives arent ruined. The only time you should be a hero like that, is if you actually see a violent crime taking place or imminently going to occur. Zimmerman is likely just a scared guy who freaked out once a real fight started and maybe even legitimately believed he was going to be killed. The situation just should have never happened. This is where I stand...the whole situation would have been avoided had that meathead just stayed pat like the dispatcher told him to and wait for the cops to handle it. That simple

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 01:35 PM) Zimmerman made his mistake being too aggressive. I think his actions (being suspicious not pursuing TM) were justified considering the circumstances. I just think he lost his composure due to the criminal activities and took things into his own hands. He probably thought TM was going to just lay down. He was wrong, there was a scuffle, and the kid got shot dead. GZ could have used context clues and tact to diffuse the situation but I imagine they both went into meathead mode. 2nd degree murder is just the wrong charge. Maybe negligent homicide or manslaughter (they might be the same, I'm no lawyer). I'm a black man myself and I am even suspicious of black folks. I know what some are capable of. If white people were like that, I'd be suspcious of them to. The fact is, it isn't a case for racism as much being concerned. Racist is like the KKK who just hate to hate. Having concerns doesn't make you a racist. White people commit crime too, you know...it ain't only blacks and Mexicans.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 11:26 AM) They combed through data from encyclopedias, CIA World Fact Book, did surveys, etc. It's a little old now, 2002, but when it was published it was, by far, the broadest and most comprehensive study of its kind that had been done. Ok Americans have to get their heads outta their collective asses when it comes to racial make up of LatinAmerica. Europeans and people from other parts of the world didn't just go to the USA/Canada. I think Americans believe all Mexicans/Latinos are Amerindians because those are the majority of people that emigrated to the US. They are people who were farmers and small villagers who had no opportunities in the big cities. It's as if millions of poor rural southerns left the US to go to Canada, in time, most Canadiens would come to believe the US were made up of just a bunch of poor Southern hicks.

These last two pages are proof Americans really really don't know s*** about their neighbors to the south...We all look the same!! FYI, my mother was fair skinned with blue eyes (she was white and Mexican amazingly enough! Might have something to do with the fact that here parents were from Spain, hint, it's located in Europe). My second son has blue/grayish eyes and could be considered "white". Among my friends, there is Italian, English, Arabic, French, Chinese, German and Portuguese ancestry along with the obvious Spanish/Amerindian mix. We are ethnically diverse. One example? Former President Fox is of Irish ancestry. Lots more examples I can come up with but I think you get my point. We're not all "brown and short". I don't know how that study SS posted came about their results but we are much more diverse than what Y2HH and others like him think...He's been to Mexico a bunch of times, I've only lived here for half of my 42 years. To the thread subject, Zimmerman has to pay for his idiocy at the very least.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 09:29 AM) I'm happily a racist in that scenario. IIRC, the neighborhood didn't have many blacks in it and Zimmerman had never seen Martin before. You just need to get over your white guilt. Dude...wtf

Aldridge in a Bulls uni would me a woody but it's the Bulls we talking about, it won't happen.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) Oh, he was a piece of s*** in all facets of business. I hope Lucifer is raping him as we speak. lol Even as a kid growing up in Chicago when I was an avid Blackhawks fan (Savard, Bannerman, Larmer era), I'd hear stories of just how "special" Bill was as an owner.

Anyone know where I can download the Hawks playoffs/Finals games?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 24, 2013 -> 04:07 PM) back then the dollar was worth more, and people used cash more, so it doesnt mean as much now as it did then Yeah, it was a garbage era back then, not like nowadays...so overrrated.

Crazy...congrats diehard fans!

OH.MY.GOD

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 04:42 PM) Please, MJ was the consensus GOAT by the end of '92. When you're that good, you're going to get hyped up. Simple question to you J4L, do YOU think LeBron right now is better than peak Jordan? straight up yes or no and your reasons why.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 01:30 PM) He is an absolutely incredible player, there's no doubting that. I think we can dispel the rumors of him not being clutch now too. This I have never denied that he's an outrageously talented player. My only problem is that there seems to be a rush to proclaim him GOAT. He needs to accomplish more than what he's done so far. He's on pace to be in the debate but he needs a few more years of dominance and leading his team to titles. If he ends up with 6 at least, (MJ led his team to 6 and mind you he took 2 years off his absolute prime to chase fly balls) I don't see why LeBron, if he wants to be the GOAT, can't at the very least match MJ. He's still young enough, has an organization that has a clue and a solid team built around him. Dominate and lead your team to multiple titles. 2 won't get it done imo and I think he'll have more, let's wait and see what he does.

The Heat need to figure out what they are gonna do about Wade. I really do think he's on full mode decline. He's still very good when he's healthy but the older you get, the more injury prone you become and the longer it takes a body to heal. He's had a history of being injury prone and it's only gonna get worse. LeBron, as good as he is, can't do it alone.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 10:54 PM) Stop it. Stop it. There's nothing you can say at this point. Bird? lmao. What bothers me about you J4L, is that you have no respect of legends past, you don't respect NBA history. Just the fact that you think Russell was a punk is telling enough. Tim Duncan has 3 FMVPs, that's one more than James and yet you already say James is the second greatest ever? I have never seen people be in such a rush to crown James GOAT. They take what ESPN says hook line and sinker. And this isn't just about Jordan, Look at Kareem's career and what's he's done, James needs a lot of work to touch the elite players. GTFOH

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 10:49 PM) LeBron is officially the second greatest player ever. The race is now on. Bulls fans just need to accept it. Shut up dude, stop disrespecting Magic, Larry, Kareem, Wilt etc.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 10:46 PM) Spoelstra schooling Popovich this quarter Um, he has the head and shoulders best player in the NBA