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Lowell Observatory Pushes To Name an Asteroid "Trayvon"
Flash Modin writes "The observatory where Pluto was discovered is pushing to name an asteroid after a black teenager killed in a controversial confrontation in Florida last year. William Lowell Putnam III says his family has identified with the cause of African American rights, and thus an asteroid named after Trayvon Martin is perfectly appropriate. Putnam is the sole trustee of the observatory, which was founded by Percival Lowell during his search for canals on Mars. Astronomers at the observatory discovered the asteroid in 2000, but it has not been formally named. Putnam has already asked the Minor Planet Center once to designate the asteroid 'Trayvon,' but they told him the designation was 'premature.' Now that there's been a verdict, the observatory is reapplying in hopes the naming body will see things different."
Yes, let's name all of the asteroids after attempted murders who got justice. Nothing political or controversial about that. I'm looking forward to smoking some illegal drugs, putting on bulky clothing and going out an shoplifting some stuff, then attacking the first cracker that gives me a dirty look. All the evidence of my motivation can be suppressed, and I'll get a space rock named after me too.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
have to boil down to your hatred of the black democrat that is fixing your crap with you bigoted losers?
of trying to stand your ground when dealing with bigoted stalkers that don't like it when their blacks get all uppity.
You show a wondrous ability to withstand the fact that he was accosted and provoked by an armed man older than him. You can assault his character all you want, it does not change the established fact that he was defending himself against an unknown armed assailant. Maybe if he'd had a gun to blow his assailant away with, he would've been one of the first blacks to actually be accounted for by the SYG law.
you can't condemn martin's behavior, it only happened because martin was stalked by an asshole with a gun looking for trouble. zimmerman's behavior made the situation happen
how can you possibly look at martin's behavior and not at all consider zimmerman's behavior? zimmerman's behavior was the behavior that created the whole situation. then, when martin got upset with a creepy weirdo stalking him, as many of us would, the creep killed him
trayvon martin should be in jail for assault
but the reason he is dead is because some mouth breathing moron thinks he has a right to walk around with a gun and play cop on innocent civilians going about their business. that's the problem, that mentality, and that is the reason why an innocent man is dead. that we have laws that somehow support this disgusting behavior represents the downfall of this otherwise great nation
stand your ground laws, carry/ conceal laws: they have to go
and they will go
because one thing is true about wannabe tough guys: they look for trouble. there will be more trayvon martins. and eventually american society will wake up to the vile precedent this case represents. no civil society can tolerate wannabe tough guys walking around with a gun thinking they have a right to profile and stalk innocent people going about their normal business. trayvon martin is dead only because zimmerman had a hard on for confrontation and a gun
losers like zimmerman, empowered, represent nothing but cases of senseless pointless death in general society. no matter how many raging asocial scumbags like you see commenting all over this thread, and in society, who think and act like zimmerman: thinking they have a right to arm themselves and confront innocent civilians going about their business, the logic of what this precedent represents will dawn on the rest of us who can think clearly here
you don't arm cowards and let them police general society according to their prejudicial whims and feeble perceptions
not acceptable
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
No room in that rainbow for the 80 year old War Veteran beat to death by black punks who look like Obama?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/died-soldier-world-war-ii-vet-killed-beating-fend-attackers-cops-article-1.1438024
Howbout Asteroid Belton, a guy who actually did something for his country?
Or are Asteroids only named for juvenile delinquents.?
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