yeah i agree with you. putting an innocent to death is bad, but we never know for sure. we have to make the requirements stiff to be as sure as we can, and then just accept that as good enough. you never know anything 100%.
and the difference with Philip Morris is that they are forced to put out those warnings as part of a settlement :-) thing is, they don't worry about it because by now, everyone who smokes knows it's bad for them and they do it anyway. and they just got a lawsuit reversed today and the stock went up $4.50! woot! :-)
but yeah, not only should tookie not have been alive this long to impact society and complicate things by "reforming" but there is no redemption once you murder someone because they can never come back no matter what you do. besides which he deserves death just for founding the crips alone. why anyone comes ot his defense is beyond me, it just shows how warped and soft we are in this country. we have such a short memory over things and we forget what peple even our own government and officils do after a relatively short period of time.
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Date: 2005-12-15 04:58 pm (UTC)and the difference with Philip Morris is that they are forced to put out those warnings as part of a settlement :-) thing is, they don't worry about it because by now, everyone who smokes knows it's bad for them and they do it anyway. and they just got a lawsuit reversed today and the stock went up $4.50! woot! :-)
but yeah, not only should tookie not have been alive this long to impact society and complicate things by "reforming" but there is no redemption once you murder someone because they can never come back no matter what you do. besides which he deserves death just for founding the crips alone. why anyone comes ot his defense is beyond me, it just shows how warped and soft we are in this country. we have such a short memory over things and we forget what peple even our own government and officils do after a relatively short period of time.