Try to shake out 15 months of media spin demonising GZ and painting TM as an innocent 12 year old kid buying sweeties before you answer.
I don't have that image in my head. I have a 20 year old daughter and a 17 year old son and a 5 year old son. I am well aware of how old TM was. I have no image of him buying sweeties.
I was simply following up on what caliber said, based on OTHER cases. I did not say that it necessarily impacted this case. But, in all honesty, can you say that the links I provided didn't make you question it a little bit?
I just see this as an issue worth looking at. It isn't in isolation. This case is not unusual...and the jury selection isn't either.
I am NOT trying to demonize anyone. Just looking at ALL sides of the issue that could possibly influence the outcome.
Besides...there are a number of cases that have had different outcomes once they have gone to the court of appeal...and the high court judges HAVE found that race was an issue. And the jury WAS biased. So...it is not an idea that should be dismissed lightly when there is a ALL white jury. All I am saying is that it would have been a better representation of society to have both sexes represented along with different races and ethnic backgrounds. How is that unreasonable?
I don't know that that is necessarily relevent to the outcome or not. But, we don't live in a bubble, and societies views DO affect peoples decisions AND conclusions. I think the jury should have been more ballanced. Male/female Black/white/hispanic/other. Otherwise any result leaves it wide open for disharmony.
That is an interesting question caliber...I think only one jurer was non white...maybe hispanic.
This is an interesting article written in Dec last year about the jury...
http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-if-Zimmerman-Gets-an-by-earl-ofari-hutchin-120425-390.html
And this one about Blacks being blocked from serving in jurys
http://thegrio.com/2010/06/07/blacks-systematically-blocked-from-serving-on-juries-study-says/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcld8vs-kw.
Ooooh another video to watch...thanks frankie. Marking.
just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.
Terry...I read Berengarias comment differently to you.
I read that demand for goods or services creates jobs. NOT demands from people looking for work creates jobs.Trying to say that people LOOKING for work creates jobs is just plain silly.
I know that for a small business, demand for their services creates jobs...when you have too much work to handle, you employ someone. Or even get a contractor to do some of the work. Demand for your service creates jobs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xgk84poeynk.
Love it! and Carl Sagan is one of my faves
I like this quote of that site too...
“We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.” Jalal ad-Din Rumi , Persian Poet and Mystic, 1207-1273
and this...
"Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you."
just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.
You can be dirt poor and half-starving and still look respectable nowadays with a $20 wardrobe from Wal-Mart.
I buy good quality second hand clothes. Those cheap clothes don't last long and half the time they are rubbish. Not even good value for money.
just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.
US consumer demand for lower prices created the need for US companies to go overseas to compete
Paying shareholders profits created the need for companies to go overseas. Cheap labour...higher profits...happier shareholders.
just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.
US consumers demand more competition and lower prices
Mainly because wages do not keep up with inflation. If people could AFFORD to pay more...they probably would if they knew that paying that bit extra would help to keep others employed because of their demand for their product or service. It depends on your situation and your priortities.
I am now paying higher prices for locally grown and made products. Because it is my priority to support OUR economy. But I know that when my budget has been much more limited...I have been forced to hunt for cheaper food and products. I couldn't afford do live any differently.
Higher wages DO contribute to the economy. And educating the public about buying locally is VERY imporatant. Millions of dollars are spent on advertising by companies that want to promote their cheap goods that are made overseas using cheap labour. Not so much is spent promoting buying locally made and why it is important.
