Post hoc ergo propter hoc is Latin for "after this, therefore because of this" meaning that you are drawing a conclusion that does not logically follow from events at hand. "It doesn't matter to me why he did it; but that he did it, and that texting is not a reasonable excuse for shooting someone..."
See, right there, classic "after this, therefore because of this". You might as well say he was shot because he put his child in day care or that he bought popcorn.
Out of curiosity were you one of those people here on FR that was calling for Zimmerman's head before all the facts were in?
Most certainly not.
you are drawing a conclusion that does not logically follow from events at hand. "It doesn't matter to me why he did it; but that he did it, and that texting is not a reasonable excuse for shooting someone..."
What could possibly give you offense that I want to draw a distinction between the possible motive and the act of shooting someone? Many posters here simply could not let go of their point of view that texting in public is so annoying that they would take to a thread about a man shot dead to complain about texting in a movie, as if it were a justification for shooting.
It remains to be seen if a court will convict this man. If he gets off, it could just as well be a "blue line" defense, or a mental health defense, or any number of things.
Neither of us can possibly know the real truth of this or any other events anywhere -- that is God's prerogative. You say tomato, and I say tomahto. Remains to be seen how it all turns out.