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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
...Nothing short of an extremely successful armed revolt...
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As a resident in Los Angeles, I strongly believe that there will be an armed revolt in the form of a new wave of rioting; unfortunately it won't change the fact that Tookie will indeed be dead. A lot of white people are going to die with Tookie tonight.
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Originally Posted by Rubyee
It is great that he is sorry and has changed, but you can't unkill someone.
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Maybe it's possible to unkill yourself?
Think about the message his death will send to criminals worldwide: If you're convicted, you're dead. No ifs, ands, or buts. That means you can kill as many people as you like and the only thing that might happen is your sentence will be sooner rather than later. Martin Luther King, Jr. himself said, "an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind." Please don't take this personally, but I think it has left you blind to the fact that prisons are a necessity; not only to keep the 'bad' separated from the 'good,' but also to rehabilitate. If rehabilitation is not an option, we might as well do away with police altogether and hand every citizen a sword and a gun.
We're well on our way to anarchy. Maybe that's what we need, though.