Michael Moore says Martin has right to kill Zimmerman [W: 264]

Excon said:

Thunder said:

To track prey or quarry.
v.tr.
1. To pursue by tracking stealthily.
2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.

to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.
2. to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.
3. to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation.
4. Obsolete . to walk or go stealthily along.
verb (used with object)
5. to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.
6. to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry: to stalk the woods for game.
7. to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land.

1. to follow or approach (game, prey, etc) stealthily and quietly
2. to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack

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And you are still wrong!

For some reason thunder does not understand that the definitions do not fit Zimmerman's action of following.


So now we have to go through each specific definition to show that he is wrong, even thought he will not admit he was wrong.

And notice how he conveniently left the source out of his post.
I believe it is the following link.
definition of stalk by the Free Online Dictionary
But, it doesn't matter.

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There is nothing to indicate that Zimmerman was trying to follow Trayvon in a stealthy manner.
Nor was Trayvon prey or quarry.
And pursue means to "Follow (someone or something) to catch or attack them.", and we all know that Zimmerman's intent was not to catch Trayvon or attack him.
So any definitions with such can be disregarded at the get, because they just are not applicable.

To track prey or quarry.
v.tr.
1. To pursue by tracking stealthily.
2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.

to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.
2. to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.
3. to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation.
4. Obsolete . to walk or go stealthily along.
verb (used with object)
5. to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.
6. to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry: to stalk the woods for game.
7. to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land.

1. to follow or approach (game, prey, etc) stealthily and quietly
2. to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack ​

All that leaves us with is the following.

2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
2. to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.
3. to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation.
4. Obsolete . to walk or go stealthily along.
verb (used with object)
7. to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land. ​

Since def 4 is obsolete and includes stealth, it is also tossed.
Def.s 3 and 7 are basically the same, and Zimmerman's actions were far removed from being similar to famine or disease stalking the land.
It apparently could be suited to describing an indiscriminate serial killer. But since most serial killers are not indiscriminate, most likely not.
So they also get tossed as not being applicable.

So what does that leave us with?

Oh yes, the two two's. Or is that tutu? lol

2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
2. to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye. ​

Now it should be obvious to anybody, by the example given in the second (two) that their was no walking being done, or reported as being done in such a manner. And is quite a ridiculous assertion.
So "to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye." is shown to not be applicable and gets tossed.


So all that leaves us with is the first of the Two's.

Which is the one the really comes the closest, yet, no cigar.

2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.​

This is obviously defining what is normally considered stalking and is a portion that is used to describe the crime of stalking.
The "persistently" of it is what is at issue here.
The short period of time involved in Zimmerman's singular act of following can not be considered persistently. Especially since he stopped following at one point during that short time period. Which actually shows that there was no "persistently" to his following.
So it also gets shown to not be applicable.

So in the end, what do we have left?

To track prey or quarry.
v.tr.
1. To pursue by tracking stealthily.
2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.

to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.
2. to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.
3. to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation.
4. Obsolete . to walk or go stealthily along.
verb (used with object)
5. to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.
6. to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry: to stalk the woods for game.
7. to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land.

1. to follow or approach (game, prey, etc) stealthily and quietly
2. to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack ​

What does that leave us with?
Double take.

Nothing?

It leaves us with nothing!
Nothing that Thunder provided is left. Nothing is applicable.
Go figure, huh?​

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