crabbit curmudgeon

Over to the USA for the following quote:

Mr Zimmerman has created a website to raise funds to cover his legal and living expenses, the Reuters news agency reports.

"I was involved in a life-altering event which led me to become the subject of intense media coverage," Mr Zimmerman says on the home page.

"As a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, I have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family and ultimately, my entire life."

This is the guy who shot a young black man dead for the sin of wearing a very threatening hoodie, toting a vicious bag of skittles and a loaded can of pop.  A "life-altering event" - well, at least he has a life to be altered. Trayvon Martin no longer has that option. And, no, Zimmerman has not left his "entire life" but he did ensure that somebody else did. Remorse? That would be a foreign sentiment to Mr Zimmerman - as he sees it, he was covered by the "standing ground" law - you are entitled to shoot somebody dead rather than retreating to safety if you feel threatened. How many other options did he have? Like shoot at the ground, over the boy's head, anywhere but straight through his heart. Give some fool a gun, tell him he can use it if he is threatened and eventually he will feel threatened enough to use it. I am inclined to hope Mr Zimmerman's life is blighted until the time he joins Trayvon Martin in death. Perhaps that will be an example to others. After all, isn't that the American way? Punishment is meted out in part as deterrence. Sincerely, I hope that Mr Zimmerman sees the error of his ways and devotes the remainder of his days to the memory of an innocent teenager whose life was cut short by a fool with a gun in a country that accords little value to a young black man.