It wouldn't have mattered if it was a paintball or a water ballon. Still don't get that do you? HE initiated events.
Obtuse. He was murdered by a vicious killer who violated his right to life, w/o justification.
The kid attacked someone. His victim retaliated. Sorry you don't approve of victims fighting back against their attackers.
The death was a premeditated act of murder. Tossing the egg is irrelevant.
Premeditated? The guy whose SUV got egged was planning on going out an shooting some kid that night? Tossing eggs was the initiating act and it wasn't the shooter who started things rolling. Wrap your head around the concept of "actions have consequences".
Equal protection means the law applies to all, not that any rights violation justifies a vicious murder.
Ah... so you do set up a sliding scale for your morality. Stealing $5 is a "lesser" crime than stealing $5 million. You can be "just a little bit pregnant" in your world. A "little" rape isn't that bad...
And you call me sick.
I hope if you ever walk a foot over someone's property line you get killed for it.
The kid attacked no one. He threw an egg at a vehicle. The murderer was not justified in killing him, or using deadly force, or beating him in any way, shape, or form. The State of TX and all of the other 49 states agrees with me.
" Premeditated? The guy whose SUV got egged was planning on going out an shooting some kid that night?"
Yes, premeditated! All it takes is making the decision to shoot the kid w/o justificaiton. You need to learn that anger over egging a vehicle doesn't justify murder. The SUV driver had a murderous attitude before the incident and that's a very bad thing.
"Tossing eggs was the initiating act and it wasn't the shooter who started things rolling. Wrap your head around the concept of "actions have consequences"."
You need to get a grasp on reality. The initiating act was the development of the killer's murderous attitude. His propensity to commit murder over the slightest little thing, in violation of civilized society's sense of justice and laws is the real problem here. The murderer should get the death penalty.
Re: Equal protection means the law applies to all, not that any rights violation justifies a vicious murder. "Ah... so you do set up a sliding scale for your morality. Stealing $5 is a "lesser" crime than stealing $5 million. You can be "just a little bit pregnant" in your world. A "little" rape isn't that bad..."
Apparently you still don't know what equal protection under the law means. I told you what it means. It means the law applies to all! It does not mean, or have anything to do with, "all crimes are equal" as you say.
If the crime is simple theft, stealing $5 is petty theft. If the value is generally over $1K, the crime is grand theft. If the crime is armed robbery, the value of the property is irrelevant. The crime is still armed robbery. Revenge slayings with a deadly weapon are always a crime and that crime is first degree murder.
" And you call me sick."
I didn't, but since you mentioned sick... Your sense of justice is sick and so is your worldview.
"I'm fairly certain he didn't give two tin sh*ts about your God."
What's important is that my God cared about him.