I wasn’t going to weigh in on this, but…

Jul 22

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There’s already more than enough people reporting on the Zimmerman verdict, but when I was reading about the outspoken Juror B37’s interview with Anderson Cooper, this section in particular caught my eye:

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For the record, these statements coming one after the other isn’t my editing. That’s actually the way they’re presented in the source article.

These two statements directly contradict one another. Going overboard, by definition, means doing far more than necessary. You can’t go beyond necessity and still be “justified.” A justified response is one that is proportional to its stimulus. If you’re below or beyond that equilibrium, you fall outside of that quality.

So, Juror B37, which is it? Was Zimmerman overboard, or justified? You can’t have it both ways.

 

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I have about as little to do with this case as anyone possibly can. I’m not affiliated with the family of Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman, the juror, or Anderson Cooper or his show. This was just gnawing at the back of my mind.

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Leda "Leedzie" Clark is a lifelong nerd who prefers writing over a social life, has refined awkwardness to a fine art, and always seems to notice the wrong thing first in any situation. She has a sharp attention to detail and excellent critical thinking skills, which she mostly uses to obsessively analyze the lives of fictional characters.

Posted on July 22, 2013, in Analysis, News and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.

  1. nikuchan | July 23, 2013 at 12:22 AM

    This case is just awful all around, no matter which side you partake and whatnot. And then you have this person (that I’m tempted to refer to as a c-word ending in “-unt”) who’s keen on cashing in on this tragedy while at the same time teabagging on the grave of this dead kid. I think Zimmerman should have been tried for manslaughter, I felt Florida prosecutors failed to make their case for Murder 2 and were overconfident, and they failed the Martin Family, the very family that worked their asses off to make and keep their tragedy relevant. Because even though this happened in February of 2012, I have yet to see any media coverage until after the Martin Family made their Change.org petition in April.

    And there is my stance on this case. But I am confident that we can all agree that B37 is just an awful human being, trying to cash in 15 minutes on a dead kid.

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