So, leaving out “racism” here’s what I think: Zimmerman was a gun toating cop wanna-be. Like many gun owners, especially gun carriers, he was anxious to use his toy. Basically he was a weapon looking for a victim.

He didn’t just see a black kid in a hoodie, he saw a potential oppertunity to use his gun. Heck I would argue that “in the moment” he was hoping Treyvon was a criminal.

SO, seeking the opportunity he persued Treyvon waiting for some kind of sign so he can use his shinny weapon. I’m sure, after the fact, he may feel regret, after all he took a life, but he was unjustified.

The man should, at the very least be charged for being vigilanty and whatever murder charge that goes with that. The ridiculous “stand your ground” law doesn’t apply, since he persued Treyvon. Treyvon was a victim on all counts.

Lara, Elke is part German shepard, part Norwegian Elkhound and she’s big and pretty, her markings make her look like she’s wearing a permanent smile. Not sure why female dogs get so reactive to males as they get older, though just like me she instinctively knows a good one, must be a certain smell they have…

Brittany, I saw Hunger Games, a bad premise though for teens it supposedly shows post-war Amerika ‘hope and faith’ (that’s what a gaggle of 13 yr olds tell me) and the young eye candy was male and female. As far as laws regarding age of ‘coming of age’ hmmm, we don’t live in the wild anymore but once hormones kick in one can only contain our sophisticated chimpanzees (teens) with logic and then urges will be acted upon, sometimes with possible bad outcomes, until that prefrontal cortex takes hold, even then people sometimes make bad decisions. If you get that we are not that far off from our wild friends in terms of basic instincts, sexual and social pecking order (check out the research, we are 97% like chimps) or just try to remember your own teen days, you’ll understand why the laws were put into place, you’ll also understand why you or a ‘friend’ chose to have sex before you were 25 (don’t lie, you know you did the deed well before 25). I’m NOT condoning pedophilia activity, merely stating that nature is nature, like that or not. I’ve seen the research and you cannpt change it, it’s factual, not anecdotal, evidence.

BM, your comment made my day : ) I have to read the whole article about this incident though I can tell you that the boys and girls on my street were playing ‘show me yours, I’ll show you mine’ and when we were 5/6, I would call it natural curiousity though no one was performing orally – and not one of us told our victorian parents, and that was white suburbia. We all reached puberty without indulging in more activity than kissing, though some tossed their virginity early, others waited, it was more out of emotion and opportunity how that went down though (pun totally intended).

…and I’m off for the day again, catch you later, Luv, Zen Lill

What kind of table (clear view of underneath or was it fully/partially covered), what the teacher was doing while the alleged act was going on, and how long these children were engaged in the alleged act.

If you are the only teacher with 30 kids in your class, and are engaging them in an activity that has them out of their seats moving around.

If two of them slip under a table for a minute or two you aren’t going to notice, especially if the table is covered, etc. Do we expect every teacher to notice a pinch/push/hair pull/etc., the moment it happens? Of course not.

Children engage in these activities (though I’ve never heard of 3rd graders engaging in these kind of activities in a classroom) while a teacher has their attention turned to other students, while reading to the students, while their back is turned to write on the chalkboard, etc.

Children can be sneaky and often get away unnoticed with a great many things right under our noses while at home…and none of us has 20/25/30 kids to look after.

Sex ed has apparently been a good thing, but I believe it should be taught by the schools AND the parents.

The parents still have the option to have their child excused from sex ed by the way, and the course lasts a week. I don’t live in country Mississippi. I live in ghetto Mississippi.

At least half of the girls at my school are pregnant, and even thats an improvement compared to 6 years ago.