Former Marine Beaten Nearly To Death

[Dr. Who]

Are you with crazy? He did move along. The twenty $#@!s followed him and beat him nearly to $#@!ing death. To blame that on the marine is just $#@!ed up! You are a sad human being.

Well, I said words were exchanged. You cannot predict the actions of a mob, but if you're a marine you are likely trained in mob psychology. I'm not blaming him or excusing the mob but it might be that he said things that he shouldn't have in the circumstances. That doesn't make him guilty, but neither does it make him smart. Certainly the mob behavior was reprehensible and they need to identify the killers and prosecute. At the end of the day however, I do think, based on the scant info in the news story, it might have been avoided.

[Matty]

Oh good gwad a mighty.

[TheInternet]

Well, I said words were exchanged. You cannot predict the actions of a mob, but if you're a marine you are likely trained in mob psychology. I'm not blaming him or excusing the mob but it might be that he said things that he shouldn't have in the circumstances. That doesn't make him guilty, but neither does it make him smart. Certainly the mob behavior was reprehensible and they need to identify the killers and prosecute. At the end of the day however, I do think, based on the scant info in the news story, it might have been avoided.

This logic is akin to blaming scantily clad women for getting raped.

The Trayvons beat him down.

[Alyosha]

This logic is akin to blaming scantily clad women for getting raped.

I was with you here.

The Trayvons beat him down.

Then you lost me. Trayvon was walking home. No proof of burglary and some guy that he did not know was neighborhood watch, just a Hispanic dude, was following him. If it was a white women walking home and someone following without saying anything in the night and she fought him and killed him no one would have said anything.

Two dudes and the more "thugish" one gets the blame. Personally, I think that was a tragedy of two men with egos meeting in the night.

[Alyosha]

Well, I said words were exchanged. You cannot predict the actions of a mob, but if you're a marine you are likely trained in mob psychology. I'm not blaming him or excusing the mob but it might be that he said things that he shouldn't have in the circumstances. That doesn't make him guilty, but neither does it make him smart. Certainly the mob behavior was reprehensible and they need to identify the killers and prosecute. At the end of the day however, I do think, based on the scant info in the news story, it might have been avoided.

I think and @Ethereal and @Codename Section can answer, but only the ones policing get that training. The others are told they're 10 ft tall and bullet proof.

Anyway, I'm sleepy. Night night all.

[Ethereal]

Never let your guard down, and never leave home without one of these...