WebsterMark wrote on 07/22/12 at 09:32:20:That's like saying Dan Weldon's death in a race car is the same as a drunk driving fatality or pile up on the interstate.
Not really..
Dan Weldon = professional soldier killed in battle...
Drunk on hwy = hillbilly cleaning his gun...
J. Holmes = nut feels powerless in his life and needs to lash out. Kills innocent, unarmed, people
Zimmerman = maybe not a nut, but a man that feels the need to be seen as powerful,... kills innocent, unarmed, boy...
For the soldier or racer,.. these are professional tools...
For the drunk or hillbilly,.. these are accidents of misuse...
For Zimmerman and Holmes,.. these are efficient tools to do harm to innocents...
You may argue that the boy was not innocent,.. but armed with ice tea and Skittles and walking home... he is killed...
I don't think his intent, that day, was to kill or harm...