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Originally Posted by puckluck2
If the roles were switched with the exact same circumstances would we have the same posters defending Martin for countless amount of pages? Or would he be looked at as a young thug out looking for trouble that deserves to be in jail for murder.
I'd bet that the most of the same posters criticizing Martin and sticking up for Zimmerman would be doing the total opposite had it been Martin who killed Zimmerman.
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I'm not sure that really works, as who the people are, their backgrounds and a host of other things factor into it. You can't just swap them without changing a host of other things.
For instance, it's probably less reasonable for a 6-0 180lb 17 year old to reasonably fear for his life in a fight with a doughy middle aged guy who is described as a 1 out of 10 in terms of fighting ability. That doesn't mean you couldn't present evidence to make it reasonable, but flipping the roles changes your starting point fairly significantly.