Al Sharpton has also got involved, stating that Zimmerman must be arrested at once.
Even Obama has said that 'if he had a son, he would look like Trayon'.
Expect some kneejerk reactions and a changing of the laws on self defence in America, putting more innocent people at risk and creating a criminals charter.
I completely agree with renegade on this subject.
The BBC moves north to develop and encourage talent etc outside of London and to save money on property etc.
They then waste millions bribing existing London staff into moving or commuting.
Comic Relief, Sport Relief means spending £250,000,000 to raise about £50,000,000. Whilst offering every corporation a massive free advertising boost inexchange for a miniscule donation. (eg 20p on a sandwich you're making 50p).
A more cynical person would say that this is an attempt to drain money from comercial stations.
Sky certainly seem with very little effort indeed to be meeting and beating the BBC on every front.
When the BBC gave up entertaining, educating and improving.
And moved to "get the viewers whatever the cost" it became a self inflicted race for the bottom.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 23 2012, 2:18 PM GMTAl Sharpton has also got involved, stating that Zimmerman must be arrested at once.
Even Obama has said that 'if he had a son, he would look like Trayon'.
Expect some kneejerk reactions and a changing of the laws on self defence in America, putting more innocent people at risk and creating a criminals charter.
I thought you said would look like a crayon.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Quote: sootyj @ March 23 2012, 2:19 PM GMTThe BBC moves north to develop and encourage talent etc outside of London and to save money on property etc.
They then waste millions bribing existing London staff into moving or commuting.
Comic Relief, Sport Relief means spending £250,000,000 to raise about £50,000,000. Whilst offering every corporation a massive free advertising boost inexchange for a miniscule donation. (eg 20p on a sandwich you're making 50p).
A more cynical person would say that this is an attempt to drain money from comercial stations.
Sky certainly seem with very little effort indeed to be meeting and beating the BBC on every front.
When the BBC gave up entertaining, educating and improving.
And moved to "get the viewers whatever the cost" it became a self inflicted race for the bottom.
SO this.
Quote: sootyj @ March 23 2012, 2:19 PM GMTI thought you said would look like a crayon.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!
The dead teen's mother said "this is not about a black or a white thing" at the rally for her son, but the images and reactions of the crowd say differently.
The end result will probably see Americans losing a little more of their freedom because of one man's actions. Pathetic.
Bizarre!
Zimmerman: Shit, he's running.
911: He's running? Which way is he running?
Zimmerman: Down towards the other entrance of the neighborhood.
911: Which entrance is that that he's heading towards?
Zimmerman: The back entrance. [pause] F*cking c**ns.
http://fcir.org/2012/03/23/on-zimmermans-911-call-what-sounds-like-a-racial-slur/
Do you hear it? It sounds so distorted to me that he could have said anything, and I'm sure that by telling people what to expect to hear, and by manipulating the audio to make it "more clear", many people would be misled. He could have said 'farting tunes' for all we know.
Quote: Nogget @ March 23 2012, 2:34 PM GMThttp://fcir.org/2012/03/23/on-zimmermans-911-call-what-sounds-like-a-racial-slur/
Do you hear it? It sounds so distorted to me that he could have said anything, and I'm sure that by telling people what to expect to hear, and by manipulating the audio to make it "more clear", many people would be misled. He could have said 'farting tunes' for all we know.
I'm sure this won't be miscontrued in any way and will only calm the situation. The media whipping up this issue into a full scale race war will only cause them to sell more newspapers, fill more airtime and get more advertising money, and they wouldn't do something like that.
From the article - Zimmerman describing "a real suspicious guy" who "looks like he's up to no good," - aren't these the lyrics from Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
Quote: Nogget @ March 23 2012, 2:34 PM GMTDo you hear it? It sounds so distorted to me that he could have said anything, and I'm sure that by telling people what to expect to hear, and by manipulating the audio to make it "more clear", many people would be misled. He could have said 'farting tunes' for all we know.
People who aren't trying to make a huge racial/political/sociological issue out of this hear it as "f**king punks."
The villagers have rallied -- pitchforks and torches in hand -- and they demand blood. There's only one way this thing will end:
Zimmerman will be arrested and charged in Florida. If he isn't, the feds will bring charges. The only possible outcomes are bleak as f**k:
an acquittal and the ensuing riots, or
a man goes to jail for defending himself in a way that was once deemed justifiable.
Everybody loses.
Did the guy actually say why he felt threatened? Did the other guy have a gun?
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 23 2012, 2:18 PM GMTExpect some kneejerk reactions and a changing of the laws on self defence in America, putting more innocent people at risk and creating a criminals charter.
Luckilly we live in the good old U.S. of K, so this has no effect on us. 
Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 23 2012, 3:48 PM GMTDid the guy actually say why he felt threatened? Did the other guy have a gun?
Who on Earth would be threatened by an athletic 17 year old football playing black guy wearing a hoody and trespassing through your neighbourhood at night?
Why only Pippy Longstocking is less threatening.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 23 2012, 2:40 PM GMTI'm sure this won't be miscontrued in any way and will only calm the situation. The media whipping up this issue into a full scale race war will only cause them to sell more newspapers, fill more airtime and get more advertising money, and they wouldn't do something like that.
From the article - Zimmerman describing "a real suspicious guy" who "looks like he's up to no good," - aren't these the lyrics from Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
So he'll be sentenced to live with his auntie and uncle down in Belair?
nb black and white? Isn't the shooter Hispanic.
Surely that's black and sort of brownish?
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 23 2012, 3:56 PM GMTWho on Earth would be threatened by an athletic 17 year old football playing black guy wearing a hoody and trespassing through your neighbourhood at night?
Why only Pippy Longstocking is less threatening.
Pippy Longstocking has the strength of 10 men.
She could rip your cock off and beat you to death with the wet end.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 23 2012, 3:48 PM GMTLuckilly we live in the good old U.S. of K, so this has no effect on us.
If only there wasn't a conceal carry law in the US, then this innocent kid wouldn't have died - I mean loads of other innocent people would have been killed by criminals - but at least this one kid who I don't know would have lived.
And I think that is a statistic we'd all be happy with.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 23 2012, 3:56 PM GMTWho on Earth would be threatened by an athletic 17 year old football playing black guy wearing a hoody and trespassing through your neighbourhood at night?
Why only Pippy Longstocking is less threatening.
Was that it though? Dodgy, scary looking guy was somewhere he definitely shouldn't have been, so he shot him? He must have actually done more than that? At least started moving towards him to perhaps attack in some way..?
Quote: sootyj @ March 23 2012, 3:58 PM GMTnb black and white? Isn't the shooter Hispanic.
Surely that's black and sort of brownish?
A Hispanic with a name like Zimmerman? Talk about your racial profiling gone askew.
He be kosher loco.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 23 2012, 3:59 PM GMTHe must have actually done more than that? At least started moving towards him to perhaps attack in some way..?
Blimey Stott Cakes, did you not read the police report that billwill put up. There was massive evidence of a fight between the two of them, Zimmerman was bleeding from his nose and the back of his head.
The media has left out those little tidbits because it gets in the way of the story. Do try and keep up.
Did you see that thing about Ronan Keating being caught going from town to town luring kids away with lolly pops? Outrageous!
EDIT: Turns out I was thinking of the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Still, no smoke without fire...
Quote: David Bussell @ March 23 2012, 4:05 PM GMTEDIT: Turns out I was thinking of the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Still, no smoke without fire...
Little known fact: Willcam invented the first steam powered child catcher in 1895.