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Topic: Encourage George Zimmerman (Florida self-defense shooting victim) to accept BTC - page 5. (Read 6708 times)

hero member
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There are to many contradicting stories. The media tells us stories from both sides and then every week they persuade everyone to feel in a different direction. Raising BTC's for this guy won't help... he has a family member thats a judge... and i agree with the one guy above, a donation for this guy could mean bad publicity for BTC.

Actually I don't think it's a bad publicity. I don't believe that this is a race issue, Zimmerman is hispanic (or half by his mother).
newbie
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There are to many contradicting stories. The media tells us stories from both sides and then every week they persuade everyone to feel in a different direction. Raising BTC's for this guy won't help... he has a family member thats a judge... and i agree with the one guy above, a donation for this guy could mean bad publicity for BTC.
legendary
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This is excessive force at least. I can go and shoot any person and then claim self-defense. Dead don't talk.

Zimmerman needs to burn.


+1.

We will never know all of the real story.  We do know that Travon was followed by a stranger with a gun going against the advice of the police.  Stand your ground does not apply.  It may be murder but without a question it is manslaughter.

If Zimmerman was at his house this would be all different, but he was not even walking around.  He got out of his car to pursue someone who he admitted 'looked out of place'.

I do not like to see this portrayed as a race issue.  It is not.  Zimmerman is probably not a racist, that does not make him innocent. 
hero member
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This is excessive force at least. I can go and shoot any person and then claim self-defense. Dead don't talk.

Zimmerman needs to burn.


Your eagerness to burn a man before you have given him a chance to give his side of the story is disturbing to say the least.  The dead don't talk - so the living shouldn't be able to either??  Step back and let your head cool off PLEASE people.  I would expect more civility...

If you think that is reasonable to shot for getting pinned it's a disturbed world that you live in.
rjk
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1ngldh
There is a reason that someone is innocent until proven guilty
You realize that that does not apply in the USA anymore, right? Roll Eyes It is such a police state these days, and I have my doubts that a single TSA agent or police officer has ever read the Constitution or its amendments.

What rights have you lost to a TSA agent? lol
All of them. They can seize and search your electronic devices at will, with no warrant, they can grope and assault you with no recourse, and they are expanding their operations like only an oppressive regime can.
hero member
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Also, your title is inaccurate.  Zimmerman was not the victim.  The unarmed kid he shot was.

You mean the 6'3" young man that had Zimmerman pinned on the ground?  As was mentioned earlier, take a step back before you believe what the manipulative media is feeding you.

So he deserved to be shot for that? Yea right.

Zimmerman had a restraining order against him granted in 2005. That prevents him from owning guns in FL.
sr. member
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Nobody knows if Zimmerman is a racist (it's irrevelant)...

Nobody knows if Trayvon was beating the shit out of Zimmerman (irrelevent also)...

What we do know is that Trayvon was lawfully minding his own business, Zimmerman incorrectly thought he was up to no good, Zimmerman pursued him, an altercation occured...Trayvon died.

Zimmerman may not be a racist murderer like some want you to think, but he certainly is not a responsible gun owner like others want you to think.

sr. member
Activity: 461
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This is excessive force at least. I can go and shoot any person and then claim self-defense. Dead don't talk.

Zimmerman needs to burn.


Your eagerness to burn a man before you have given him a chance to give his side of the story is disturbing to say the least.  The dead don't talk - so the living shouldn't be able to either??  Step back and let your head cool off PLEASE people.  I would expect more civility...
hero member
Activity: 574
Merit: 500
This is excessive force at least. I can go and shoot any person and then claim self-defense. Dead don't talk.

Zimmerman needs to burn.
legendary
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Democracy is the original 51% attack
Of all the worthy causes to donate BTC to, I wouldn't touch this one with a ten-foot pole.
member
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There is a reason that someone is innocent until proven guilty
You realize that that does not apply in the USA anymore, right? Roll Eyes It is such a police state these days, and I have my doubts that a single TSA agent or police officer has ever read the Constitution or its amendments.

What rights have you lost to a TSA agent? lol
legendary
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Bitcoin
Gross.  You want to help raise funds for the racist asshole who chased after a kid with a gun for wearing a hoodie?  The cops told him to stay inside, and he chased the kid.  

George Zimmerman, who has a history of legal trouble, which his judge father kept him out of.  

False portrayals in the media?  How the hell do you know?  Did you listen to the 911 tape?  Did you hear the story of the person who was talking on the phone with Trayvon just before he was murdered?  Why would Trayvon charge at someone with a gun?  Yeah, that is really the most plausible explanation Roll Eyes  Even if he did charge at him, Zimmerman unequivocally created the situation when he should not have, by chasing him down the street in a threatening manner.

Why the hell would you want to support this scumbag?  

Right that racist zimmerman!

You won't find this in the "main stream" media:

“You will recall the incident of the beating of the black homeless man Sherman Ware on December 4, 2010 by the son of a Sanford police officer. The beating sparked outrage in the community but there were very few that stepped up to do anything about it. I would presume the inaction was because of the fact that he was homeless not because he was black.

Do you know the individual who stepped up when no one else in the black community would? Do you know who spent tireless hours putting flyers on the cars of persons parked in the churches of the black community? Do you know who waited for the church-goers to get out of church so that he could hand them flyers in an attempt to organize the black community against this horrible miscarriage of justice? Do you know who helped organize the City Hall meeting on January 8, 2011 at Sanford City Hall??

That person was GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.”

– from a letter to Turner Clayton of the Seminole County NAACP written by “a concerned Zimmerman family member”

further reading : http://www.scribd.com/doc/87688384/Zimmerman-family-member-letter-to-NAACP
legendary
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I haven't really followed the story very closely.  Can someone give a quick update on how this has turned into a race issue?

I think some racists are taking advantage of the situation and turning it into a race issue.
hero member
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Seal Cub Clubbing Club
I haven't really followed the story very closely.  Can someone give a quick update on how this has turned into a race issue?
legendary
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You realize that that does not apply in the USA anymore, right? Roll Eyes It is such a police state these days, and I have my doubts that a single TSA agent or police officer has ever read the Constitution or its amendments.

The constitution isn't just  the paper and its amendments, but a whole set of precedent and interpretation applied to them. The court is really the only thing that prevent the USA from turning outright into a mob ruled government. You may even say that it's probably the only reason why the US government have any legitimacy.
rjk
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1ngldh
There is a reason that someone is innocent until proven guilty
You realize that that does not apply in the USA anymore, right? Roll Eyes It is such a police state these days, and I have my doubts that a single TSA agent or police officer has ever read the Constitution or its amendments.
sr. member
Activity: 461
Merit: 251
You mean the 6'3" young man that had Zimmerman pinned on the ground?  As was mentioned earlier, take a step back before you believe what the manipulative media is feeding you.
While you on the other hand is clearly keeping an open mind...

/sarcasm

I agree that there is some uncertainty as to exactly what happened but I'm not going to ignore the facts that have come out like much of the media likes to do.  There is a reason that someone is innocent until proven guilty and I'm quite disturbed to find so many people sentencing him before he gets a proper trial.
legendary
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Bitcoin: An Idea Worth Spending
The currency of drugs and now lynching! Hmmm. Are there bitcoin lynching services that might boom as a result of this publicity? If not, then I suggest you shelve your marketing idea.

I'm on record for being in Trayvon's camp, but will certainly switch if new evidence is made available. That said, I would love to market Bitcoin as a donation option to this camp, but it would be the wrong thing to do on a couple different levels, one of which you've kindly pointed out, cunicula.

For sake of augment, let's say I'm in Andrew's camp and a majority of bitcoiners backed Zimmerman, want to see the results if Bitcoin were bought into the mix?

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/09/11104813-george-zimmerman-takes-to-web-to-raise-money-for-legal-costs-lawyers-confirm
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Attorneys confirmed to NBC News that the site, which domain records show was created Sunday, is real and is operated by Zimmerman himself. It solicits donations through PayPal with a promise that "any funds provided are used only for living expenses and legal defense, in lieu of my forced inability to maintain employment."

The Reverend Jesse Jackson called for a nationwide boycott of PayPal for allowing George Zimmerman to use their services to collect donations to pay for his living and legal expenses stemming from the uncalled for death of Trayvon Martin. Al Sharpton and members of the NAACP are expected to follow his lead, soliciting their supporters to follow suit.

~Bruno~
legendary
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So a "shooting victim" in the US of A is the person who killed the other person and now might get in legal trouble for that? Interesting point of view at least...

If you want to convince this guy to accept BTC, just write him a mail and pitch it to him or his lawyer. You don't really suggest any action like this in your OP other than generally donating for this cause... I think the "Bitcoin Discussion" forum might be the wrong one for a thread like this personally.
legendary
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You mean the 6'3" young man that had Zimmerman pinned on the ground?  As was mentioned earlier, take a step back before you believe what the manipulative media is feeding you.
While you on the other hand is clearly keeping an open mind...

/sarcasm
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