"If Trayvon Had Only Answered In an Appropriate Manner There Would have Been No Problem"

[patrice]

186. Agreed. With the caution that that way should, in fact, be peaceable and not visit, intentionally or

out of habitual assumptions or ignorance, any of the violence (assumptions) upon others that one abhors from others.

Just an elaboration upon the golden rule, here; if one desires respect one should be as respectful of others as possible under the specific circumstances and that means not making anymore assumptions (i.e. the essence of disrespect) than absolutely necessary about others/situations. And my point in beating this point over the head is that such awareness will, more often than not, better, more functionally, suit one's own options for fulfilling individual desires for freedom/autonomy/respect/life-liberty-&-the-pursuit-of-happiness than any degree of un-awareness will. Treating people as stereotypes, i.e. how one does not wish to be treated by them, only perpetuates oppression and damages the possibility of authentic justice, not only for the authentically guilty, but also for the innocents such as Trayvon Martin.