The Death Penalty
Wow it's been a long time since my last post. Too long, actually. So what got me started? Well, Tucker Carlson's blog.
It's a rare instance, when I agree with Tucker Carlson. I have to say, usually I see him as a weasel with a bow tie. But in his latest blog entry, "'Tookie' and the death penalty," well, I have to agree with him on almost everything.
Tucker writes, "Ultimately I've decided there's something creepy about the government killing its own citizens, except in self-defense." And ends his blog "There is no evidence that a single thing Williams has "written" has convinced a single kid not to join a street gang. Tookie Williams hasn't made America better. He took four lives and destroyed many others... And yet, there's something that bothers me about his execution. No man, not even Williams, should know the exact date of his own death. And everybody ought to be nervous when the government methodically snuffs out the lives of its citizens. That's the problem with the death penalty is: It can make you feel sorry even for people like Tookie Williams."
As a citizen, I have to say, I was somewhat bowled over by the celebrity appearances and crowds pleaing for Tookie's life. But then I thought as a mother. I removed myself from the mob mentality and thought of his victims as individuals -- Albert Owens, a father of two, Yen-I Yang, a father, Tsai-Shai Yang, a mother, and their daughter, Yee-Chen Lin. And when you look at it that way, Tookie Williams was a bad guy. He took lives. He ruined families. He killed sons and daughters. But does this mean in turn we should kill him? I'm just not sure.
It's a rare instance, when I agree with Tucker Carlson. I have to say, usually I see him as a weasel with a bow tie. But in his latest blog entry, "'Tookie' and the death penalty," well, I have to agree with him on almost everything.
Tucker writes, "Ultimately I've decided there's something creepy about the government killing its own citizens, except in self-defense." And ends his blog "There is no evidence that a single thing Williams has "written" has convinced a single kid not to join a street gang. Tookie Williams hasn't made America better. He took four lives and destroyed many others... And yet, there's something that bothers me about his execution. No man, not even Williams, should know the exact date of his own death. And everybody ought to be nervous when the government methodically snuffs out the lives of its citizens. That's the problem with the death penalty is: It can make you feel sorry even for people like Tookie Williams."
As a citizen, I have to say, I was somewhat bowled over by the celebrity appearances and crowds pleaing for Tookie's life. But then I thought as a mother. I removed myself from the mob mentality and thought of his victims as individuals -- Albert Owens, a father of two, Yen-I Yang, a father, Tsai-Shai Yang, a mother, and their daughter, Yee-Chen Lin. And when you look at it that way, Tookie Williams was a bad guy. He took lives. He ruined families. He killed sons and daughters. But does this mean in turn we should kill him? I'm just not sure.
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