Comments on: Body Count http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mr Furious http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8862 Mr Furious Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:54:18 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8862 What happened to my earlier comment? [trying again]: I recognize that on some level (or in some opinions) I might be a better or more civilized person if I opposed the death penalty—but I don't. Much more on this <a href="http://misterfurious.blogspot.com/2005/12/not-seeing-it.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I have no problem whatsoever with the ultimate punishment for the ultimate crimes. And I mean the worst of the worst, where guilt is assured, release or rehabilitation is impossible, and mercy is unwarranted. Tookie sweeps the categories as far as I am concerned. As a liberal, I can understand the stance of those who oppose the death penalty, yet it is frustrating to no end to see a rally of support for a thug like Tookie. Why is this guy the poster-boy for clemency/anti-DP efforts? I'm sure there are <i>dozens</i> of death row inmates who actually deserve support and second looks at their cases. <a href="http://www.theagitator.com/archives/025962.php#025962" rel="nofollow">Cory Maye</a> is the perfect example. What happened to my earlier comment? [trying again]:

I recognize that on some level (or in some opinions) I might be a better or more civilized person if I opposed the death penalty—but I don’t. Much more on this here.

I have no problem whatsoever with the ultimate punishment for the ultimate crimes. And I mean the worst of the worst, where guilt is assured, release or rehabilitation is impossible, and mercy is unwarranted. Tookie sweeps the categories as far as I am concerned.

As a liberal, I can understand the stance of those who oppose the death penalty, yet it is frustrating to no end to see a rally of support for a thug like Tookie. Why is this guy the poster-boy for clemency/anti-DP efforts? I’m sure there are dozens of death row inmates who actually deserve support and second looks at their cases.

Cory Maye is the perfect example.

]]> By: Becky http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8861 Becky Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:50:32 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8861 The penal system is about punishment and limiting their subsequent victims to fellow inmates. It costs more taxpayer dollars to kill someone than to incarcerate them for life. My dilemma is that while it is true many people deserve the death penalty, the judicial system is so corrupt a guilty verdict many times is not justice. For that reason alone capital punishment should be abolished. And while we're at it let's review the lengthy sentences for recreational pot smoking. The penal system is about punishment and limiting their subsequent victims to fellow inmates. It costs more taxpayer dollars to kill someone than to incarcerate them for life. My dilemma is that while it is true many people deserve the death penalty, the judicial system is so corrupt a guilty verdict many times is not justice. For that reason alone capital punishment should be abolished. And while we’re at it let’s review the lengthy sentences for recreational pot smoking.

]]> By: John E Thelin http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8860 John E Thelin Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:33:05 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8860 You <b>should </b>write an anti-death penalty rant. No civilized nation puts prisoners to death, because it is neither a deterrent, nor is revenge something that government should deal in. You should write an anti-death penalty rant.

No civilized nation puts prisoners to death, because it is neither a deterrent, nor is revenge something that government should deal in.

]]> By: Mr Furious http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8859 Mr Furious Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:10:55 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8859 I recognize that on some level (or in some opinions) I might be a better or more civilized person if I opposed the death penalty—but I don't. Much more on this <a href="http://misterfurious.blogspot.com/2005/12/not-seeing-it.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I have no problem whatsoever with the ultimate punishment for the ultimate crimes. And I mean the worst of the worst, where guilt is assured, release or rehabilitation is impossible, and mercy is unwarranted. Tookie sweeps the categories as far as I am concerned. As a liberal, I can understand the stance of those who oppose the death penalty, yet it is frustrating to no end to see a rally of support for a thug like Tookie. Why is this guy the poster-boy for clemency/anti-DP efforts? I'm sure there are <i>dozens</i> of death row inmates who actually deserve support and second looks at their cases. <a href="http://www.theagitator.com/archives/025962.php#025962" rel="nofollow">Cory Maye</a> is the perfect example. I recognize that on some level (or in some opinions) I might be a better or more civilized person if I opposed the death penalty—but I don’t. Much more on this here.

I have no problem whatsoever with the ultimate punishment for the ultimate crimes. And I mean the worst of the worst, where guilt is assured, release or rehabilitation is impossible, and mercy is unwarranted. Tookie sweeps the categories as far as I am concerned.

As a liberal, I can understand the stance of those who oppose the death penalty, yet it is frustrating to no end to see a rally of support for a thug like Tookie. Why is this guy the poster-boy for clemency/anti-DP efforts? I’m sure there are dozens of death row inmates who actually deserve support and second looks at their cases.

Cory Maye is the perfect example.

]]> By: tara http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8858 tara Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:05:27 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8858 "If there was ever a case of someone having a change of heart in prison, this is it." Why do you say that? He hasn't even acknowledged or apologized for the murders. I'm against the death penalty as well, but having a change of heart shouldn't be a reason for clemancy. Especially since he hasn't one. “If there was ever a case of someone having a change of heart in prison, this is it.”

Why do you say that? He hasn’t even acknowledged or apologized for the murders. I’m against the death penalty as well, but having a change of heart shouldn’t be a reason for clemancy. Especially since he hasn’t one.

]]> By: ceres http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8857 ceres Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:57:15 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8857 I think the cable news channels should do a "death watch" every time the death penalty is administered. Maybe then our society might experience lethal injection fatigue. I think the cable news channels should do a “death watch” every time the death penalty is administered. Maybe then our society might experience lethal injection fatigue.

]]> By: mdhåtter http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8856 mdhåtter Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:42:39 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8856 "..dog" rather.... “..dog” rather….

]]> By: mdhåtter http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8855 mdhåtter Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:39:04 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8855 and compassionate conservatism... well, there you are folks. "like dogs" and compassionate conservatism…

well, there you are folks.

“like dogs”

]]> By: Jason http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8854 Jason Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:17:08 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8854 Rest in pieces, Tookie. Don't let the pearly gates hit you in the face when they slam shut before you.<br /><br />Society will be better off when that violent dog is put down for my favorite reason - my tax dollars aren't being pissed away keeping murderous filth like him alive.<br /><br />Tookie didn't redeem himself. He wrote kiddy books. That's not redemption. Redemption would have been taking responsibility for his actions. Redemption would have been assisting law enforcement with information to bring down the Crips.<br /><br />Arnie as the Governator is more often than not a comic mistake. I look at his decision not to commute Tookie's sentence as one of his few correct decisions. Rest in pieces, Tookie. Don’t let the pearly gates hit you in the face when they slam shut before you.

Society will be better off when that violent dog is put down for my favorite reason – my tax dollars aren’t being pissed away keeping murderous filth like him alive.

Tookie didn’t redeem himself. He wrote kiddy books. That’s not redemption. Redemption would have been taking responsibility for his actions. Redemption would have been assisting law enforcement with information to bring down the Crips.

Arnie as the Governator is more often than not a comic mistake. I look at his decision not to commute Tookie’s sentence as one of his few correct decisions.

]]> By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/12/12/body-count/comment-page-1/#comment-8863 Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:58:18 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2165#comment-8863 <strong>Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency for Williams</strong> Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday refused to spare the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the found Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency for Williams

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday refused to spare the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the found

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