In the hour plus since the verdict was handed down, I've seen my FB and Twitter feed blow up with the opposing sides attacking each other with relish.
Zimmerman was given a 'not guilty' by a jury of his peers because the prosecution failed to impress upon them an actual murder took place. Murder implies intent. They did not prove intent. They apparently did not even prove manslaughter (an option for the jury). Trial complete, sentence handed down.
The boy is still dead, the man is still alive.
Stupidity to begin (or re-surge...take your pick).
I've spent a little (very little) time reflecting on this. My thoughts are as follows:
If you don't like how the system works, change it. But change it the right way. A revolution is needed, yes. A revolution in thought. We have evolved from a country of innovators, doers and thinkers to a country of people with their hands out, waiting for someone to do for them and asking "when I gonna get mine."
Have we (me and mine) been on the receiving end of others work? Yes. We have. But it was used the way it was meant to be used. As a hand up, not a hand out. We busted our asses to get to the point that the hand up was no longer needed. That's how it should be. We need to impress upon our children and grandchildren that the world is not here to do for them...that's their job. The world owes them nothing.
The system works only as well as the parts. Our parts have become sluggish and dependent on someone else to work for them. New parts, that should be moving in to take place of well worn ones, aren't fitting the way they should. They are weak (mind, body and spirit) to the point of breaking. They do not pull their weight in the the machine of the Nation. And so it falls apart.
You want a system that works...then work for it. Work together. Do not depend on a few to do the work that was designed to be done by many.
Zimmerman was given a 'not guilty' by a jury of his peers because the prosecution failed to impress upon them an actual murder took place. Murder implies intent. They did not prove intent. They apparently did not even prove manslaughter (an option for the jury). Trial complete, sentence handed down.
The boy is still dead, the man is still alive.
Stupidity to begin (or re-surge...take your pick).
I've spent a little (very little) time reflecting on this. My thoughts are as follows:
If you don't like how the system works, change it. But change it the right way. A revolution is needed, yes. A revolution in thought. We have evolved from a country of innovators, doers and thinkers to a country of people with their hands out, waiting for someone to do for them and asking "when I gonna get mine."
Have we (me and mine) been on the receiving end of others work? Yes. We have. But it was used the way it was meant to be used. As a hand up, not a hand out. We busted our asses to get to the point that the hand up was no longer needed. That's how it should be. We need to impress upon our children and grandchildren that the world is not here to do for them...that's their job. The world owes them nothing.
The system works only as well as the parts. Our parts have become sluggish and dependent on someone else to work for them. New parts, that should be moving in to take place of well worn ones, aren't fitting the way they should. They are weak (mind, body and spirit) to the point of breaking. They do not pull their weight in the the machine of the Nation. And so it falls apart.
You want a system that works...then work for it. Work together. Do not depend on a few to do the work that was designed to be done by many.
