An Annotated Guide to Fucking Yourself Over

The bizarre but predicable part is that phishers have begun using the event to fool neonazis into donating to a bogus legal defense fund for Zimmerman.

Separation from society is not uncommon for people involved in lethal shootings: “Massad Ayoob, a well known and highly respected member of the shooting community . . . . publicized a number of symptoms of PST and PVET, including sleep disturbances, a period of depression or malaise, eating disturbances, increased use of alcohol, social isolation, sexual dysfunction or promiscuity, pharmacological cascade (use of drugs and alcohol together which increases their impact), increased aggression, and flashbacks. Perhaps the key feature of PST is the Mark of Cain, the “killer of my brother” tag laid on the defender. The mark can be shaming, as in, “What kind of person would do such a horrible thing?”

Article on legal issues in self-defense case, including when a case does not fit a self-defense theory.

@redmanlaw:
Not really surprised. I read several books on PTSD, etc when I was planning for OCS over a decade ago–some of that was for me and some of that was in case I had to play the role of amateur counselor to the hypothetical troops I was “responsible” for. There are very few people who can quite honestly say: “The only thing I feel is the recoil of my gun.” Those people worry me.

Taking of human life is an actual traumatic experience regardless of the situation (unlike say seeing Janet Jackson’s boob for like 2 seconds) and it’s more so when you throw in the focused spotlight that Zimmerman is in. I’m betting that he’s probably thinking that none of this was supposed to happen this way and that he’s a “hero” just like in the fucking movies.

This really is a failure of mindset. I’m not even getting into the racial issues which make this even more volatile.

Being impulsive isn’t a bad thing, but it is when it comes to serious things like life/death, war/peace, etc where the consequences are dire and often fatal.

In a lot of ways it is like watching the majority of thoughtless idiotic assholes who supported the Iraq war. It’s not like they really thought of the consequences of what it would actually do to people they know or loved, to the economy of their nation etc. It’s mindless and reactionary. Done without reason or thought. Once that word is given then it’s not an action that can be undone or redone. Once that word is given then one must reap the consequences.

Like the supporters of said war, the problem is that George Zimmerman approached this serious situation with all the maturity and wisdom of a completely thoughtless unaware trigger happy child.

…sleep disturbances, a period of depression or malaise, eating disturbances, increased use of alcohol, social isolation, sexual dysfunction or promiscuity, pharmacological cascade (use of drugs and alcohol together which increases their impact), increased aggression, and flashbacks.

That sums up my Spring Break after being totally mindfucked by that Managerial Accounting final.

Oh, the irony of that Ibsen quote.

@redmanlaw and ¡Andrew!: “Pharmacological cascade” makes it sound so classy.

@mellbell: I know, right?

Ammo hoarding may already be underway in advance of the 2012 election, btw: “Whether you call yourself a survivalist, a prepper, or simply self-reliant, it makes sense to ‘buy it cheap and stack it deep’ when it’s something you need, like food or medicine. The rumor mill whispers of coming shortages, due partly to the strongly-grounded perception that the Obama administration’s anti-gun leanings will come out of the closet once he’s re-elected. ”

Then there’s these Romney blasts on a gun blog: “Come November, my choice for President will be between 1)a guy who everyone tells me wants to ban guns given the opportunity and 2)a guy who actually has done it.” And: “It looks like after this election we’re going to be stuck with a president clueless about gun issues on anything deeper than a soundbite level and who has a vague antipathy towards the RKBA, or Barack Obama.”

Breaking: Santorum out of presidential race, per politicalwire.com, rawstory.com

@SanFranLefty: How’s the melon? Had I not been passed out, I would have said, “Get thee to the ER!” Sorry I wasn’t around, but you were in good hands (nary an MD or DO, but hell, I practice law without a license…).