But isn't labeling Martin as a drug abuser who was carrying an illegal substance rather than Skittles an attempt to justify both Zimmerman's shooting of Martin and your own position?
The only thing that matters is that TM threw the first punch and started the physical fight.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
But isn't labeling Martin as a drug abuser who was carrying an illegal substance rather than Skittles an attempt to justify both Zimmerman's shooting of Martin and your own position?
The only thing that matters is that TM threw the first punch and started the physical fight.
For which the only evidence is the word of a proven liar, GZ.
And it directly contradicts Rachel Jeantell's testimony.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
beastie wrote: For which the only evidence is the word of a proven liar, GZ.
And it directly contradicts Rachel Jeantell's testimony.
Besides, didn't Martin have a right to stand his ground against the man stalking him through the neighborhood?
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden ~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Cough syrup is typically mixed with ingredients such as Sprite soft drink or Mountain Dew and pieces of Jolly Rancher candy.
It's not unusual to add in candy flavoring to off-set the flavor of the cough syrup, Beastie. It's no reach that Skittles are used en lieu of, say, Jolly Ranchers.
ETA: It's important to remember that most users begin as children, and it's understandable they want a fruitier taste rather than what cough syrup provides.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.