re: #160 palomino

We’re not talking in purely legal terms here. There’s a moral dimension that dominates these conversation, whether people want to admit it or not. You may be right that under the law he will walk. But we don’t know all the evidence, and the FL law is murky and bizarre on this issue.

But there’s also a question of responsible, moral, intelligent behavior. Zim flunks on all three counts. That’s why it’s impossible for me to see Zim as hero or victim. He instigated it, he was packing heat, following a kid for no reason except that in his mind he imagined something suspicious. We know he was wrong, since the kid was walking home with stuff from 7-11. We don’t need vigilantes, and we sure as hell don’t need to glorify them, as much of the right is currently doing.

And you believe that’s what I’m doing, glorifying him?