terms of endearment

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> CNN reports on new investigations of the tape by two independent voice
> analysts, including the one who effectively ruled out Z. as uttering the
> screams on the other tape.
>
> His conclusion: if Z. is saying anything at all on the inaudible part of
> the tape, it's something about "clothes" or "close."
>
> The second analyst's conclusion: it might be "coons," but OTOH - you'll
> love this - there's only a 48% chance that the sound is even a human voice!
> Literally, it could be the wind. Or Z's breathing. Or Z's phone rubbing
> against his face. Or you name it.

That there are people who consider this triviality to be a topic
worthy of really serious consideration I find to be beyond
understanding. IMO, what Zimmerman said is either a garble that could
be any kind of sound whatsoever or it could be the words, "I beg your
pardon, young man. May I have a word with you?"

But, whatever Zimmerman may or may not have *said*, what's important
is what he *did*. Unless the fact that he, by his own admission, shot
and killed an unarmed adolescent is a fact that's simply too
uninteresting for the media to concern themselves with.

Youneverknow.

BTW, has anyone else noticed, that given his phenotype, Zimmerman
could easily have said, "WTF?! Like my Peruvian fellow-countryman, St.
Martin de Porres of Lima, I'm black, too!"?

I wonder how that scenario would have played out.

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-Wilson
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