Prosecutors: This wasn't the first blow-up for Florida theater shooter Curtis Reeves

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138. I don't care whether it's the 70 year old man who sets the example or the 40 year old man who does

But somebody freakin' needs to. And 40 years old is plenty old enough to know better, just as 70 is.

Again, nothing I am writing exonerates the 70 year old from being guilty of murder. The only thing that could end up getting him off is if he's in dementia, in which case what the eff is he doing with a gun (but maybe that's Florida). But just because he is 100% guilty of murder does not mean that the 40 year old man doesn't own responsibility for his own behavior.

The 40 year old man in his prime did not need to get up and confront the 70 year old when he returned. If he had stayed in his seat and ignored the 70 year old, maybe the 70 year old would have quietly sat down and shut up. Maybe management told the 70 year old that texting during previews is allowed and they'd check back in when the movie started and intervene then if necessary...we don't know and neither did the 40 year old.

And as I wrote above, one thing we learned about Florida law in the Zimmerman case is that even when the time span separating them is very short, 2 meetings are considered 2 separate incidents. Given that precedent, legally the 40 year old man initiated the 2nd confrontation.