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Originally Posted by Brianna
yeah. A few children's books on the Golden Rule seem to make up for all this. And, besides, he was an inspiration to others. And, too, if you're a Good Christian, you can see the Jesus in anybody; right, HM?
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Killing him didn't make up for it either. I'm not a Christian, in that I don't think Jesus was supernatural, but I do think he had some very good ideas on the subject of social justice.
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Originally Posted by Elspode
If Tookie hadn't been give 25 years to get bored enough to write books, if he hadn't had all those years to decide that his lot pretty much sucked and perhaps he should do something to try and save his sorry murdering punk ass while he ticked away the days, there probably wouldn't have been any question or controversy.
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Exactly. If you kill 'em fast, you don't run the risk of them muddying up the righteousness of the execution. We can't have that.