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In the discussion thread: So will DU let the facts in the Zimmerman case be presented? [View all]

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 07:41 PM

Daniel537 (1,123 posts)

6. DU is not a court of law.

Anybody who's not on the jury has every right to make up their mind as to how they feel about this case. Innocent until Proven Guilty applies in the courtroom, those of us outside of it can think however the hell we want.

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116 replies	Author	Time	Post
So will DU let the facts in the Zimmerman case be presented? [View all]	johnnie	Apr 2012	OP
WTF?	denem	Apr 2012	#1
TMI	johnnie	Apr 2012	#13
Yes, an absolute RASH of CONCERN posts here right now. WTF indeed. n/t	K Gardner	Apr 2012	#16
What An Odd Thing To Be Concerned Over, Sir	The Magistrate	Apr 2012	#2
It's not odd	johnnie	Apr 2012	#21
I think the majority want a fair trial. That's what has been missing.	Scuba	Apr 2012	#30
No	johnnie	Apr 2012	#42
You Made a Funny, Sir	The Magistrate	Apr 2012	#44
A "fart" joke?	johnnie	Apr 2012	#48
Hmm. A deliberate insult, since you've certainly been around long enough	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#54
And since you are a newbee	johnnie	Apr 2012	#57
I don't believe I shall, having been here all of 4-odd years.	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#63
A collective DU orgasm has been missing also.	uppityperson	Apr 2012	#61
I'm a he.	johnnie	Apr 2012	#72
asparagus and all that	uppityperson	Apr 2012	#75
Mmmmm asparagus	johnnie	Apr 2012	#97
"casting aspargus" reference, old Duism time.	uppityperson	Apr 2012	#99
Do you have any FACTS to back up your assertion?	GeorgeGist	Apr 2012	#116
the Facts are being considered which is why people think he is guilty	JI7	Apr 2012	#3
Zimmerman has not be charged with a capital crime.	Jim__	Apr 2012	#4
Questions about orgasms belong in the Lounge, no? Nothing pleasing about this case.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#25
It would be the first non-capital death sentence in history!	pinboy3niner	Apr 2012	#34
Got my pitchfork and just lit the torch. I'm ready.	AtomicKitten	Apr 2012	#5
DU is not a court of law.	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#6
Oh stop.... ..	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#7
Ok	johnnie	Apr 2012	#24
Let's out it this way: George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin.	hedgehog	Apr 2012	#8
I am wondering if other DUers will allow DU to talk, and speculate, as they wish.	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2012	#9
Yap until your little heart desires	johnnie	Apr 2012	#27
I don't believe I am "yapping". In fact I just got back from dinner.	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2012	#35
Here comes the Judge! Order in the Innertubes!	freshwest	Apr 2012	#41
Not being on the jury, DUers can do whatever they want	jberryhill	Apr 2012	#10
Um, yes.	liberalmuse	Apr 2012	#11
I don't have any hope or desire to see him face the Death Penalty, but justice would be nice. n/t	teddy51	Apr 2012	#12
Givem the information I have my mind is made up. nt	rrneck	Apr 2012	#14
Yes...because DU is preventing the facts from being presented	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2012	#15
And I'm discussing	johnnie	Apr 2012	#32
Sounds more like "yapping" to me.	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2012	#38
And that's fine	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2012	#50
I have no problem with that	johnnie	Apr 2012	#59
It's not that it's against the grain...	CJCRANE	Apr 2012	#69
Bingo.	TroglodyteScholar	Apr 2012	#83
I would use a somewhat different verb to describe it.	2ndAmForComputers	Apr 2012	#108
" the majority of DU will have a collective orgasm if Zimmerman is sentenced to death" wtf? You miss	uppityperson	Apr 2012	#17
He wasn't going to walk away from this	johnnie	Apr 2012	#33
He DID walk away from this until media brought enough attention to it.	uppityperson	Apr 2012	#45
not really into it, so about the	quinnox	Apr 2012	#18
Are there that many people here who support the death penalty?	OriginalGeek	Apr 2012	#19
I was wondering the same thing.	Iris	Apr 2012	#70
I've made up my mind	NoGOPZone	Apr 2012	#20
...	gateley	Apr 2012	#28
I think I'll pass, thanks...	freshwest	Apr 2012	#51
As far as I'm concerned	bowens43	Apr 2012	#22
Is there a completely different message board called DU that I don't know about? n/t	Ian David	Apr 2012	#23
Yeah	johnnie	Apr 2012	#37
For openers, the charge of Murder 2 carries a life sentence, not the death penalty	KamaAina	Apr 2012	#26
Haven't they?	TransitJohn	Apr 2012	#29
Awe all we want are the facts, period. But here it is Johnnie.	southernyankeebelle	Apr 2012	#31
They tell him not to follow and he says "ok"	johnnie	Apr 2012	#39
His girlfriend said he was following him. So no he didn't turn back.	southernyankeebelle	Apr 2012	#47
um, yeah there is proof he kept after him	magical thyme	Apr 2012	#76
Is that you, Mr. Cochran, posting from beyond the grave?	amandabeech	Apr 2012	#36
No	johnnie	Apr 2012	#40
Thanks for responding.	amandabeech	Apr 2012	#93
Either was mine	johnnie	Apr 2012	#98
I had no idea DU was so rabidly in favor of the death penalty.	provis99	Apr 2012	#43
You may not have noticed that there is a wide variety of opinion on DU.	tabatha	Apr 2012	#46
I've been here a few years	johnnie	Apr 2012	#53
No one will shut you down...you can keep on yapping away.	CJCRANE	Apr 2012	#64
That kind of beating takes place in any group where the majority have the same opinion.	tabatha	Apr 2012	#66
I don't believe in the death penalty, period. I think that is the easy way out. He isn't going to	southernyankeebelle	Apr 2012	#49
Many progressives don't believe in the dp (including me)	johnnie	Apr 2012	#55
well sometimes we get frustrated and that is the way people deal with things. I just	southernyankeebelle	Apr 2012	#62
I've been beating up on the Zimmerman Fan Club for three weeks	alcibiades_mystery	Apr 2012	#52
I would be shocked if Zimmerman were sentenced to death.	obxhead	Apr 2012	#56
Well bless your lil ole heart...	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#58
Um...there is a factual error in your OP	CJCRANE	Apr 2012	#60
He's checking on whether orgasms can really be collective right now.	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#65
.	johnnie	Apr 2012	#67
See, made you smile.	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#71
Yup	johnnie	Apr 2012	#73
So do I.	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#79
Well, not since DU got rid of the mods' hot tub	pinboy3niner	Apr 2012	#77
OMG	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#90
I don't think DU has anything to do with the trial that may take place.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#68
Is it me, or was the controversy over the fact that he hadn't been arrested?	BzaDem	Apr 2012	#74
I saw most posts about the white man coward Zimmy...	johnnie	Apr 2012	#81
Even so, I don't see why sharing the thoughts about the merits of the case is a problem.	BzaDem	Apr 2012	#100
I didn't see that post	OriginalGeek	Apr 2012	#107
Four things don't seem to be in dispute	Warpy	Apr 2012	#78
Silly.	H2O Man	Apr 2012	#80
Ziiippppp	johnnie	Apr 2012	#85
That is a relief!	H2O Man	Apr 2012	#87
I've already made up my mind	Raine	Apr 2012	#82
Actually Johnnie, per prosecutor	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#84
You've made up your mind.	Iggo	Apr 2012	#86
No one here's stopping the facts from being presented.	Orsino	Apr 2012	#88
Thanks all	johnnie	Apr 2012	#89
For Someone Not Trying To Be A Dick, Sir, You Are Doing One Helluva Job	The Magistrate	Apr 2012	#92
Yeah see...	johnnie	Apr 2012	#95
I did NOT want to kick this stupid OP up, but I had to ^5 the Magistrate for another	K Gardner	Apr 2012	#111
"Most of the time DU can be a huge circle jerk" - thanks for being honest	got root	Apr 2012	#102
Since I won't be a juror, why can't I speculate?	obamanut2012	Apr 2012	#91
Hi Johnnie!	XanaDUer	Apr 2012	#94
Me too!	johnnie	Apr 2012	#96
She handled the press conference professionally	XanaDUer	Apr 2012	#103
what is that supposed to mean? Folks were rightfully outraged at how this case was mishandled	got root	Apr 2012	#101
There is no possibility of a death sentence. I'm against it, anyway.	yardwork	Apr 2012	#104
Not much. Poster has not apologized for a blanket accusation that DUers wanted death when most of us	stevenleser	Apr 2012	#106
The only fact that matters in this case is	shimonitanegi	Apr 2012	#105
If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit.	Life Long Dem	Apr 2012	#109
They haven't, so far...	Fla_Democrat	Apr 2012	#110
I don't think we can know the facts since Trayvon is dead.	jp11	Apr 2012	#112
Murder charges mean that it's extremely likely that murder has occurred	BanTheGOP	Apr 2012	#113
"I think that Zimmerman is guilty of murder of some degree"	grantcart	Apr 2012	#114
I'm glad that he will at least face the justice system	fujiyama	Apr 2012	#115

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