The world we live in ,where all of us are Trayvons and Zimmermans

Well I have a follower for my blog now. Not a bad first day at all. Well, I was watching CNN today and reading other internet news sites about the Trayvon Martin case. Well of course there are varied opinions and when there is an opinion there will always be differences.

So here is my take on it.While there were plenty of evidences presented on both sides and character assassination of both parties involved by defense and the prosecution-The only truth is that life of a young promising teenager has been lost forever. His parents and his friends will never be able to ever see him, speak to him or hear him again. And another young man will forever live under the pressure of the guilt ,prosecuted by society and his conscience. The court  has acquitted him but his conscience will never.

So what wrong did young Trayvon do? He was walking home in the evening and it was not even late in an apartment complex. I myself have lived in such enclosed apartment communities and it is normal for people to walk around at the time mainly because not everybody wants to use a car all the time and 17 year olds will not have a car. So while we understand that George Zimmerman was a neighborhood watchman .He was particularly over enthusiastic that day ,however he had no right kill.

For one moment let us assume all the things that were said about Trayvon(by the defense) were true and that he was a trouble maker and was exhibiting suspicious behavior on the day for Zimmerman to follow him and doubt him.

Maybe he was a trouble maker and was suspended from school.

Maybe he had women's jewelry in his backpack probably stolen by him!

Maybe he had a screwdriver and maybe he was looking to rob a house that day!

Maybe he smoked marijuana and maybe he got angry  that evening ,was aggressive and attacked Zimmerman(From the pictures I see on internet, I see a few bloody scratches on his head and a bloody nose  however none of which put him in life threatening situation)

Maybe he was just a troubled teenager (And we have all had our share of problems when we were young)

But somebody please enlighten as to why he deserves to die for any of the above reasons. None of the above even if proven guilty justifies killing him. None of the above proves that he was a threat and could hurt somebody. While there are all these allegations  and insinuations against him there is none which says he was violent or threatening or somebody who would beat up somebody.

If some stranger follows me - I will be scared, If a stranger questions me and harasses me and asks me suspicious questions, I will get angry and be scared. I will do whatever I can do protect myself.

A neighborhood watchman's job is to keep a watch and that is all .His job was not to follow around to kill people even if that person is the most dangerous criminal in the world. One will just report to police and help them as much as I can.

I fail to understand why Zimmermann had to feel threatened(one of the jury members I believe said that he was).Trayvon did not follow him, did not harass him, did not mug him, did not have a gun, did not have a knife. He did not have anything in his hands which was dangerous.

Zimmerman all along knew that he had a gun; he always had the upper end. He was in the most advantageous position - Always. If Trayvon had a weapon and he was dangerous he would have used it immediately.He would not need to hit or punch Zimmerman.

What happened that night was that a human being felt it very easy to take another human's life. Because he was told by the law that he could. Because he jumped to conclusions about Trayvon and presumed that this boy was dangerous. Well we are always advised to stay away from presumptions and assumptions. That is the most dangerous thing.

Even an animal kills only when it is hungry and only when it is absolutely threatened for its life. Humans have been given the extraordinary gift of being aware, of having feelings, of having the capacity to be kind, forgive and love. Yet everyday day all of these human qualities fail as if these are alien to us.

Our society has become increasingly cynical. We do not trust anyone, we cannot open up to anyone, and we are suspicious of everyone. We want to control everything and we want easy solutions for everything. We always crave for power and think we can do anything. Zimmerman thought he had the right to kill –and that is what the sad part is.

While the whole incident and the verdict has awakened a whole lot of society, the final verdict for human is  to "Stand our ground" for humanity ,for kindness and for forgiveness. Otherwise we will only have Trayvons and Zimmerman's in our society.