In These Times

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• • 19 Jan 06
  • 8:47 pm

  All those who are submitting real hateful, ugly comments about this article - have any of you bothered to clear your biased, racial minds and attempted to look at this from a humanistic perspective? I doubt it very much!! From my reading of the comments so far; you are all more focussed on "Tookie" and the crimes that he was supposed to have committed. I work with gang members and their families; I go into their homes and assist them to focus on education and a better way of life; and I totally agree and support what this author has to …

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• • 20 Jan 06
  • 12:34 am

  Hey g-love - I have spoken with parents whose kids have been caught up in gang warfare - I've done more than that - I've gone into their homes, and I refuse to call anyone an "animal" - we all have that animalistic instinct - I am not side stepping anything - I feel for all those men and women on death row. This is a sorry country when hate pours out like it does in here; and it's not about "pathetic religion" either - funnily enough, what amuses me is the fact that when anyone is down the first person …

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• • 20 Jan 06
  • 4:59 pm

  However we may look at this; good or bad; religion or no religion; it comes down to morals and values - in summary, the death penalty does nothing - all it does is feed the eager appetite of those who want to see the black and poor go under. By the way, this applies all over the world - not just the States!! Aborigines in Australia; Native Americans in America; Maori in New Zealand - wherever there are indigenous peoples; the same atrocities apply - I think it's time the UN addressed this racial subject - it's quite obvious, and statistics …

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