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[Z_Y]

He also shot and killed an unarmed minor. You left that out of the OP.

 

[Master Thespian]

I'm surprised he's got the balls to go out in public.

Does anything embolden a man like getting away with murder?

 

[2real4tv]

Surprised he is still in Sanford.

 

[The Blue Jihad]

Story is incomplete. After pulling the person from the truck, Zimmerman had to put him down like a horse. Mercy killing. Both legs were broken.

 

[Kajigger]

Further proof that the jury made the correct decision.

 

[jred2k]

Trayvon rescued his dad from a burning house.

Where is your god now?

The fire was probably started by his marijuana cigarettes.

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wish I didn't need to say /sarcasm

 

[Monsieur]

This changes everything!!!!

 

[Jarmel]

Was he white?

 

[zero shift]

So if Adolf Hitler ended up saving someone's life I should forgive him for his wrong doings?

 

[inm8num2]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but did anybody else at least raise their eyebrows at the auspicious timing of the headline before reading the article or knowing what happened?

 

[Lanbeast]

Was it a food truck?

 

[ISOM]

He also shot and killed an unarmed minor. You left that out of the OP.

Agreed, fuck zimmerman and anyone who wants to talk about his "good deeds". I don't give a shit if he rescues a million baby rabbits. That doesn't erase what he did.

 

[The Technomancer]

No seriously, I don't get it. Its not like he dashed into a burning building to save some orphans. He did a pretty decent thing. Why does this matter?

 

[The Return of]

What is it suppose to be food for thought for?

 

[Jenov]

Zimmerman rescued a man from an overturned truck. Pulled him to safety.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-emerged-hiding-truck-crash-rescue/story?id=19735432

oh it was a family with 2 children, not just a man. that's 4x the hero. Op title needs updating!

 

[kehs]

If he was in jail today, what would have happened to the person he rescued?

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Not my comment, but an interesting, if not twisted perspective nonetheless

Would have probably been rescued by someone who wasn't repenting for killing a teenager.

 

[ISOM]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but did anybody else at least raise their eyebrows at the auspicious timing of the headline before reading the article or knowing what happened?

Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if this was set up tbh.

 

[El Odio]

This comes to mind:

 

[HamPster PamPster]

When ever concrete and asphalt conspire in southern Florida to hurt a fellow human being, Zimmerman will be there

 

[Syph Medwes]

Does anything embolden a man like getting away with murder?

Do you know what murder is?
People need to stop throwing that word around.

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not getting mad at you specifically

So if Adolf Hitler ended up saving someone's life I should forgive him for his wrong doings?

Aaaaand that didn't take too long haha
Such a weird phenomenon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

 

[tino]

George Zimmerman is Jean Valjean.

Oh scratch that GZ is the batman we deserve.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

Hmm... I know this is a charged topic in general, but I would like to encourage people not lashing out with too much vitriol here. If it comes out that this is some sort of planted story to make Zimmerman out to be a hero, then sure. All bets are off I'd say. But if he did just happen to help out people on the road, there's really no need to bring in the baggage from the last thread with statements like "Oh yeah. Well, still, fuck that asshole! I don't give a shit what good thing he's done now, he a douche bag!"

Now, don't read this as a plea to praise him for a job well done, either. I'm not really sure if there's an agenda to reporting this or not. However, I'm certainly not suggesting that one needs to think better of Zimmerman in light of a good deed. I just don't necessarily think that pure vitriol carried over from the killing of Trayvon Martin should necessarily completely inform every subsequent Zimmerman response regardless of the context of the specific thread.

Anyway, carry on.

 

[Thug Waffle]

Was it a food truck?

so fucking solid, lmao.

I don't know what to make of George Zimmerman.

 

[Vermillion]

I love the idea of thinking that -- as part of a rehabilitation campaign -- these are the only kinds of stories that we'll hear about him. A year from now, there'll be a story about kittens trapped in a tree. Bystander: "Oh no, the police will never get here in time. Someone get Zimmer Man!"

lmao

 

[captmcblack]

I love the idea of thinking that -- as part of a rehabilitation campaign -- these are the only kinds of stories that we'll hear about him. A year from now, there'll be a story about kittens trapped in a tree. Bystander: "Oh no, the police will never get here in time. Someone get Zimmer Man!"

I love this idea of thinking too, if only because I believe public relations and image rehabilitation for high profile figures exist. One way to limit the effect of protesting and simmer public tensions/create distraction is for this man to be a hero instead of...well, not.

 

[GungHo]

If he was in jail today, what would have happened to the person he rescued?

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Not my comment, but an interesting, if not twisted perspective nonetheless

If Trayvon Martin was alive, what disease could he have cured?

My punchlines aren't spoilers.

 

[Mononoke]

Hmm... I know this is a charged topic in general, but I would like to encourage people not lashing out with too much vitriol here. If it comes out that this is some sort of planted story to make Zimmerman out to be a hero, then sure. All bets are off I'd say. But if he did just happen to help out people on the road, there's really no need to bring in the baggage from the last thread with statements like "Oh yeah. Well, still, fuck that asshole! I don't give a shit what good thing he's done now, he a douche bag!"

Now, don't read this as a plea to praise him for a job well done, either. I'm not really sure if there's an agenda to reporting this or not. However, I'm certainly not suggesting that one needs to think better of Zimmerman in light of a good deed. I just don't necessarily think that pure vitriol carried over from the killing of Trayvon Martin should necessarily completely inform every subsequent Zimmerman response regardless of the context of the specific thread.

Anyway, carry on.

To be fair OP suggested this was something to consider related to the Martin case. At least that's how I took the "food for thought" comment. Although I know he said nothing more, it's how I took it. And based on the replies in this thread I assume I'm not alone in that interpretation.

 

[botty]

I hope this isn't a Rachel Jeantel joke, 'cause that shit ain't cool, man.

 

[BattleMonkey]

No seriously, I don't get it. Its not like he dashed into a burning building to save some orphans. He did a pretty decent thing. Why does this matter?

"Celebrity" does things, makes the news. Does it matter? Who says it does?

 

[Cyan]

He killed an innocent and now he might have saved an innocent. Please tell me how I am supposed to feel, GAF.

He's a human being. No one is wholly good or wholly bad, as much as we'd like them to be for simple classification purposes.

Whether saving a life balances taking a life--well, I'm not sure. That's a difficult question.

Does it, or should it, change our opinion of what happened to Trayvon Martin? No. Does it, or should it, change our opinion of Zimmerman himself? Maybe. It's up to you.

 

[Borgnine]

This is his Chinatown.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Hmm... I know this is a charged topic in general, but I would like to encourage people not lashing out with too much vitriol here. If it comes out that this is some sort of planted story to make Zimmerman out to be a hero, then sure. All bets are off I'd say. But if he did just happen to help out people on the road, there's really no need to bring in the baggage from the last thread with statements like "Oh yeah. Well, still, fuck that asshole! I don't give a shit what good thing he's done now, he a douche bag!"

Now, don't read this as a plea to praise him for a job well done, either. I'm not really sure if there's an agenda to reporting this or not. However, I'm certainly not suggesting that one needs to think better of Zimmerman in light of a good deed. I just don't necessarily think that pure vitriol carried over from the killing of Trayvon Martin should necessarily completely inform every subsequent Zimmerman response regardless of the context of the specific thread.

Anyway, carry on.

Totally agree. As for the bolded part, that would be kind of ironic given how the portrayal of the case before (and really, after) the acquittal definitely followed an agenda. Just some food for thought.

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for the record, if you happened to mean the OP reporting it instead of the actual media, then I misinterpreted what you said

Does it, or should it, change our opinion of what happened to Trayvon Martin? No. Does it, or should it, change our opinion of Zimmerman himself? Maybe. It's up to you.

Well said.

 

[Twenty7KVN]

So if Adolf Hitler ended up saving someone's life I should forgive him for his wrong doings?

Lol holy shit dude you can't be serious.

 

[Black Door]

I love the idea of thinking that -- as part of a rehabilitation campaign -- these are the only kinds of stories that we'll hear about him. A year from now, there'll be a story about kittens trapped in a tree. Bystander: "Oh no, the police will never get here in time. Someone get Zimmer Man!"

Worked for crazy loner gun nut Bernie Goetz, who became celebrated like Batman after shooting some black teenagers

 

[Twilight Gap]

If Trayvon Martin was alive, what disease could he have cured?

My punchlines aren't spoilers.

Meh, it was just something I saw on the yahoo article I read prior to this thread.

The same can be said of anything, really.

So if Adolf Hitler ended up saving someone's life I should forgive him for his wrong doings?

Why are we comparing Zimmerman to Hitler now?

He's a human being. No one is wholly good or wholly bad, as much as we'd like them to be for simple classification purposes.

Whether saving a life balances taking a life--well, I'm not sure. That's a difficult question.

Does it, or should it, change our opinion of what happened to Trayvon Martin? No. Does it, or should it, change our opinion of Zimmerman himself? Maybe. It's up to you.

This.

 

[The Technomancer]

Totally agree. As for the bolded part, that would be kind of ironic given how the portrayal of the case before (and really, after) the acquittal definitely followed an agenda. Just some food for thought.

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for the record, if you happened to mean the OP reporting it instead of the actual media, then I misinterpreted what you said

Oh some people definitely have an agenda in reporting this, but that's kind of part and parcel with the nature of reporting

 

[amnesiac]

Why does this reek of pr stunt?

Yeah okay.

yup i call fake o_o

It was staged.

/kappa

So hard to believe that someone can do good in this world?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law[/url]

Heh, that's pretty interesting.

 

[Kinky John]

Has Barack Obama said anything about this?

 

[BruiserBear]

So if Adolf Hitler ended up saving someone's life I should forgive him for his wrong doings?

Did you really have to use a Hitler analogy? :|

 

[botty]

So hard to believe that someone can do good in this world?

Don't underestimate people.

 

[Black Door]

So hard to believe that someone can do good in this world?

Priests do good. Cops and firefighters do good. Volunteers at charities do good. Zimmerman kills blacks and dusts off car crash victims and expects to be called good.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

The rehabilitation campaign has begun. In time, he'll be popular enough to be elected governor of Florida!

Spoiler

Just kidding, he'd probably win already.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Has Barack Obama said anything about this?

"That could have been me too!"

 

[BronsonLee]

"That could have been me too!"

Hahahaha I'm going to hell for laughing at that

 

[ISOM]

So hard to believe that someone can do good in this world?

Um, sure a guy who just got aquitted from murdering a 17 year old kid with his reputation in tatters just so happens to save a family from an overturned truck. It's really believable, I don't think a hollywood pr firm could write a better story.

 

[amnesiac]

Priests do good. Cops and firefighters do good. Volunteers at charities do good. Zimmerman kills blacks and dusts off car crash victims and expects to be called good.

So it's impossible for someone who killed someone to do good? Ok.

 

[Mononoke]

He's a human being. No one is wholly good or wholly bad, as much as we'd like them to be for simple classification purposes.

Whether saving a life balances taking a life--well, I'm not sure. That's a difficult question.

Does it, or should it, change our opinion of what happened to Trayvon Martin? No. Does it, or should it, change our opinion of Zimmerman himself? Maybe. It's up to you.

Plus there is still the consideration that Zimmerman never wanted to kill Martin. That a bad situation just went wrong. I'm not excusing his actions or even arguing motivations. I'm not even saying this is true. But people want to believe Zimmerman was a racist that killed Martin fueled by his racist hatred. There is no evidence to suggest this true.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

So hard to believe that someone can do good in this world?


Heh, that's pretty interesting.

A random someone? Not at all. This guy on the other hand, we only know from chasing down and shooting dead an unarmed minor.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

So hard to believe that someone can do good in this world?

I don't want this to feed into some sort of conspiracy theory, as honestly there's not a lot to work with here. We have one story. But what my light-hearted joke was getting at, and what some of the more cynical/skeptical (and I don't mean that in a bad way) individuals are raising an eyebrow at is that this was apparently the first sighting of him in public. Not "Zimmerman takes day to relax and play golf." Not "Zimmerman goes on vacation for much needed R&R." But "Zimmerman finally spotted helping innocent bystander."

Is anything nefarious actually afoot? Eh, I don't know. But it is just kind of funny given the circumstances surrounding this whole ordeal. Obviously, this could all just be coincidental.

 

[LiK]

He's patrolling for accidents now.