To get it out of my head and into the universe for the preservation of my insanity. "Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again." ~ Andre Gide
Friday, July 12, 2013
Filner
No way. The leader of a big city who is using his position to behave in a way that is universally understood to be reprehensible. At least with Clinton, no one accused him of coercion to get sex. It's bad enough when someone who is clearly bestowed a position of great power and trust acts in a juvenile manner, with lewd comments or sexual innuendo. If you can't use the Mayor as a role model, who then? But to use the position of authority for personal gain of any kind (including financial or sexual favors) needs to be intolerable. Corruption is a blight capable of bringing down a government. Everywhere possible, it needs to be met with unequivocal resolve: Not in my (community, city, state, country)! No second chance for Filner. He blew his big chance to be trusted. It wasn't just a single or isolated incident. It's who he is.
Travon
I have a hard time with someone aggressively following and approaching someone, armed, inciting a fight, starting to get beat, shooting and killing their target, and then calling self-defense or "stand-your-ground." That's neither in the spirit of self defense or stand your ground in my opinion. Zimmerman was clearly the original perpetrator, harassing a person who didn't deserve it.
There's no way he can be justifiably exonerated. He may not be guilty of pre-mediated murder. (He may, but I don't know of any such evidence aside from going out armed, looking to get in a tangle.) But he's guilty of being an asshole, starting a fight, and killing someone as a result of his actions.
There's no way he can be justifiably exonerated. He may not be guilty of pre-mediated murder. (He may, but I don't know of any such evidence aside from going out armed, looking to get in a tangle.) But he's guilty of being an asshole, starting a fight, and killing someone as a result of his actions.
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