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CreekDog

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123. i thought of that and you are correct of course

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 02:12 PM

Sep 2013

for the sake of simplicity, to avoid any more qualifiers, i wrote it as if they both were present today.

the odd thing is that ordinarily, i recoil at judging one person as better than another because you just can't know someone's heart and motives.

but i posted the poll because Zimmerman has been so over the top that even without seeing beneath the surface, he loses the comparison so clearly that itself is noteworthy.

nice to see your post!

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Based on what you know, is George Zimmerman or Trayvon Martin the better person? [View all] CreekDog Sep 2013 OP

Well, Ol' Georgie is one up on Trayvon on the whole killing people department. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #1

I do not think it is appropriate to try and judge the character of a life cut so short. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #2

I totally agree this poll is stupid! dem in texas Sep 2013 #30

I would have to say that they were each "typical", to some degree SoCalDem Sep 2013 #3

What makes one person "better" than another? jberryhill Sep 2013 #4

which of your two questions are you asking? CreekDog Sep 2013 #8

I only get one? jberryhill Sep 2013 #14

Actually, you're up to 4 now CreekDog Sep 2013 #20

Fuck! jberryhill Sep 2013 #21

as many as you want CreekDog Sep 2013 #23

Not shooting unarmed teenagers helps. name not needed Sep 2013 #115

Rachel Jeantel lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #5

That's easy for me to answer ... Trayvon Martin. nt Raine Sep 2013 #6

One is a murderer ... etherealtruth Sep 2013 #7

Is this some kind of joke? pintobean Sep 2013 #9

Why would you say such a thing about your own post? CreekDog Sep 2013 #11

Trayvon was just a kid. Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #10

wierd poll! i think the answer is pretty easy to deduce. dionysus Sep 2013 #12

Trayvon was a good student treestar Sep 2013 #13

Ted Bundy was an honor student at UW jberryhill Sep 2013 #16

There are always exceptions to the rule treestar Sep 2013 #17

Osama Bin Laden had an engineering degree jberryhill Sep 2013 #18

still don't see evidence Trayvon was headed treestar Sep 2013 #19

Feeling argumentative I see... CreekDog Sep 2013 #31

There is no shortage of well educated criminals jberryhill Sep 2013 #33

did Treestar say there there isn't? CreekDog Sep 2013 #35

Hmmmm... 99Forever Sep 2013 #15

On this, I wholeheartedly agree. CakeGrrl Sep 2013 #25

That was easy. BlueJazz Sep 2013 #22

This is the funniest OP I've seen in quite a while. rrneck Sep 2013 #24

CreekDog's polls are legend. pintobean Sep 2013 #27

Zimmerman is out with the UN seizing chemical weapons RIGHT NOW. Robb Sep 2013 #26

Trayvon was a young man who got caught by a creep who totally arrested his development. gordianot Sep 2013 #28

It's a stupid question! It has no bearing what-so-ever on the murder of an unarmed teenage boy. DrewFlorida Sep 2013 #29

And what do we know about Trayvon? Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #32

Tell us. Rex Sep 2013 #34

We know Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #37

SO that means that there are some negative things about Martin Rex Sep 2013 #38

What's the point Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #39

Dunno, what do we know? Rex Sep 2013 #40

I don't see how it could be Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #41

Me either, so the OP is a trick question. Rex Sep 2013 #42

It's not a trick question, or I wouldn't have responded to my own poll CreekDog Sep 2013 #43

Oh, well that certifies it Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #46

For someone asking what we know about Trayvon Martin, you sure post about him a lot CreekDog Sep 2013 #50

And? Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #62

Disguising your agenda of casting aspersions on Martin since you got here CreekDog Sep 2013 #73

Yeah 3 posts out of about 500 on the subject Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #74

You've posted dozens of times on Martin alone CreekDog Sep 2013 #79

Uhhh no Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #81

I take it pintobean Sep 2013 #87

Sheesh Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #90

nice edit to change what you said. by the way, you do speak "ill of the dead" CreekDog Sep 2013 #88

Wow Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #94

I don't need to post all 500 of your posts to prove that you've cast aspersions on him CreekDog Sep 2013 #102

Where do I begin Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #103

Who specifically stated young Mr. Martin was "not subject to any and all of the shortcomings any hum LanternWaste Sep 2013 #108

Ok two points Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #110

Perhaps, but certainly meaningless Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #44

Now we know pintobean Sep 2013 #53

Threads like this make me miss META. Rex Sep 2013 #55

The poster you're responding to posts extensively on Martin CreekDog Sep 2013 #77

Well I was wondering what 'we know'. Rex Sep 2013 #78

Exactly. For someone who has posted so much on Martin... CreekDog Sep 2013 #80

I guess we will never know what brilliant insight boomer has Rex Sep 2013 #82

"We" "know" Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #83

What question? You have not actually Rex Sep 2013 #84

The question is semi-rhetorical Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #86

Then you don't really know anything that we don't. Rex Sep 2013 #89

You know what Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #93

I know Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #85

what was the point all the other times you did it? CreekDog Sep 2013 #105

Show me Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #106

As Tom Petty said Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #113

It appears that something pintobean Sep 2013 #116

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #117

Yeah, he does that. pintobean Sep 2013 #121

We know this. countingbluecars Sep 2013 #48

Sorry you lost me at Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #63

That he has never lied to us since the night he met Zimmerman. n/t Orsino Sep 2013 #124

Yup. Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #126

This is the second trick question poll I won't be tricked into answering. Mira Sep 2013 #36

It's not a trick question or I wouldn't have answered it CreekDog Sep 2013 #45

Post removed Post removed Sep 2013 #47

Oh, please pintobean Sep 2013 #49

OMG countingbluecars Sep 2013 #51

I would like to see your sources. redwitch Sep 2013 #54

I don't want to see his sources CreekDog Sep 2013 #56

:-) redwitch Sep 2013 #57

It's gone to MIRT pintobean Sep 2013 #67

I tried to alert too but alerted on the wrong thread. redwitch Sep 2013 #72

HopeHoops reincarnated. CreekDog Sep 2013 #96

Very little of what you claim about Trayvon was actually true. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #58

Well, I guess you're sad you didn't get to put him on trial, eh? Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #59

DrHobo: "Martin was quite the racist himself" CreekDog Sep 2013 #61

DrHobo: "Personally I am torn between Obama and doing a Paul write in" CreekDog Sep 2013 #60

Uggh ... Ron Paul is fucking stupid. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #64

just so we understand that the poster has little use for Obama and Travyon Martin CreekDog Sep 2013 #65

Oh, I understand. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #66

MIRT just banned DrHobo CreekDog Sep 2013 #109

Not a fan of banning ... Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #114

Pass on even passing JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #52

i am number 75 for TRAVON trueblue2007 Sep 2013 #68

I don't know Trayvon Martin Xyzse Sep 2013 #69

I cannot know their hearts. All I know is one of them is dead at the hands of the other. (nt) TacoD Sep 2013 #70

This is really a stupid poll. Of course Trayvon Martin was the better person. n/t RebelOne Sep 2013 #71

Glad to see Z'man has exactly ZERO votes. MoonRiver Sep 2013 #75

Notice all the replies and only 3 rec's. Very telling. Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #76

I've posted 20 times and won't even vote Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #95

WTF you even have to ask? gopiscrap Sep 2013 #91

You're slipping Creek. Your push poll has been up for almost 24hrs... bluesbassman Sep 2013 #92

Post removed Post removed Sep 2013 #97

Ouch Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #98

No trumad, over 1000 DU members decided not to vote. bluesbassman Sep 2013 #99

We've seen this movie before pintobean Sep 2013 #100

Yes, many meta times. bluesbassman Sep 2013 #101

Oh, how I wish I could link to some of that. pintobean Sep 2013 #104

So you're saying I have posted mistakenly at times? CreekDog Sep 2013 #118

Tough call, Spirochete Sep 2013 #107

How does GZ have even one vote? Chan790 Sep 2013 #111

I assume pintobean Sep 2013 #112

one of the GZ votes has 1 post in all their time at DU CreekDog Sep 2013 #119

That's what one of those meta threads was about. pintobean Sep 2013 #122

Sadly, it cannot be Trayvon Martin. flvegan Sep 2013 #120

i thought of that and you are correct of course CreekDog Sep 2013 #123

+1 n/t Orsino Sep 2013 #125