Stanley Tookie Williams Executed

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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/13/williams/index.html

i had first come to learn of this cat, actually through that flick Redemption. then read up a bit more on opposing viewpoints. Regardless of what the deal is, I am not a proponent of the death penalty; it’s tough to even fathom that we still have such a thing in the United States in this day. I’ll have to read what people make up about it that would make it biblical, ‘cos i don’t see it, post Advent.

living goes on for the rest of us.

i don’t want to make light at all of the fact that he is responsible for creating an organization that’s responsible for all sorts of evil. But while i do so, i’ll make light of the fact that we *all* are responsible for a single evil that is deserving of death.

  • TJ

    Amen.

  • mommyzabs

    I’m not sure totally how I feel on death penalty. It is a confusing issue for me, I could argue myself on the topic for hours. However, I am annoyed and offended that this was the man chosen to make a case against it. That people were on a bandwagon painting him as a good man. He can’t be that great of an influence, his own son is in prison. Wouldn’t want him influencing my children. But i see your point on the death penelty. I can’t get my head around a lot of things with the criminal system. I feel like we don’t have the capacity to make life and death decisions. But i’m not anti-war, so perhaps that is inconsistant. But I also get so angry about certain crimes- like pedofiles… that i feel like I want those people offed. Maybe that is my sin nature showing, or is it spiritual wrath?

  • http://www.scrapalicio.us joy

    I would definately suggest watching the movie Redemption. It definately put light on Tookie’s situation. I’m not sure what I feel about the death penalty either, but this story is pretty amazing!

  • Oakman7111

    There’s one really good thing about the death penalty: the guy never does it again. Anything else leaves open the possibility that he’ll be freed and repeat the same crime – maybe this time doing you or yours. I’m opposed to killing humans – but guys like this have already demonstrated their lack of a claim to belong to the same species I do.

  • http://www.isaidjon.com jon

    well see oakman it’s like this: *you* are already “free”. therefore *you* have the possibility of committing a *first* time crime. should we therefore not lock you up, or rather even, kill you, right now? (visions of minority report in my head :)

    not sure if you know the deal with the williams case–he maintains his innocence, the facts seem to be dodgy on his guilt. like mommyzabs alludes to, it’s tough sometimes to try to defend one who would seem to be a “guilty kind of person”, however i’m standing by my point that mercy triumphs over judgement.

    thanks for commenting, all.