I got my weekly Sojourners newsletter today. For those who don't know, Sojourner's is a far left political group for people who feel spiritual, and like reading about people who shame others for not acting on that spirituality. This week's feature article is entitled "Redemption on trial in California", by David Batstone. You see, there's this degenerate @#$% named Stan "Tookie" Williams. Decades ago, he murdered people with a shotgun for the hell of it. Oh, and he founded the Crips, which started a movement of gangs that killed have gone on to rape, kill and invent hip-hop.
I should pause here. There is some question, invented by his million-dollar lawyers, as to whether he committed the crimes. You see, among the dozen or so folks to whom he bragged about the murder, or put him at the scene of the crime, one (and only one) was an accomplice who was given clemency in exchange for his testimony. However, the prosecutors in the case have provided a damning 40 page document, which you can read
here (though it's clear that Mr. Batstone has not).
I should also explain that my father is currently in prison, serving time for a crime he did not commit, and for which I was his alibi. But there are no celebrities campaigning on my father's behalf. No, they're all busy worrying about this depraved son-of-a-bitch. You see, my father can't get his day in an appeals court, because the courts are clogged by celebrity scum like Tookie, who has made dozens of appeals over the last quarter of a century. My father has written books. He also treated his family with love and respect, something this bastard could never dream of.
Batstone contends that Tookie deserves mercy for having written some children's books, which apparently worked to dissuade children from joining gangs. Wanna find one, and see for yourself? You can't. They only sold 1,000 copies combined. Perhaps that is because they primarily contained information on how to talk and walk like a gangsta'. Not exactly the sort of stuff you distribute in grade schools in Watts.
Oh, and he hasn't apologized for his crimes, saying that he thinks all white people should die. Oh, and he maintains his ties to the Crips gang. Oh, and he won't cooperate by briefing police as to what goes on in those gangs. He says this would cause a conflict of conscience. At this point, I'm about ready to fry him up and serve him with a side of waffles, aren't you? Huckleberry syrup anyone?
So, what does Batstone The Obtuse have to say about this? Here's a quote.
"One man, Stanley "Tookie" Williams, faces execution Tuesday, Dec. 13, at San Quentin State Prison in California. With him our belief in human redemption also sits on the gallows..."
Yes. You see, if you believe that Tookie deserves to die, then you don't believe in redemption. He wrote kids books, after all. Who cares if he shot a husband and wife in their abdomen, leaving the wife and mother to die a painful death over the course of several hours? Who cares if, after executing a shop worker, he made fun of the gurgling sounds the young father made as he died. Cause, see, he wrote kids books that nobody read, and Snoop Dogg has come to his defense.
Also, Batstone says this.
"Elsewhere in the world, four Christian Peacemaker Teams members are marked for execution by a radical terrorist group in Iraq. We are appalled by the blind ideology that drives the terrorists and leads them to cheapen the value of human life. In this ideology, the individual is a tool for political expediency. Don't we want to offer our citizens more in a democracy?"
You're right, David, we do owe our citizens more. It would be a shame to bury Tookie (and, I promise you this, if Arnold grants clemency to this bastard, I will endorse his next gubernatorial opponent, and donate $50 to his campaign.) So here's my proposal. Let's make Tookie jerky, and auction it on e-bay. we can make it in pepper-flavor, jalapeno, BBQ etc... The proceeds can go to all the victims of gang-related violence, those who owe their suffering to this maggot, this bacteria.
I'll buy some, if only so that Tookie, roasting in hell, can watch a loop video of the Kev-man, gnawing on some Teriyaki Tookie, over and over again. We can make a children's book, "Sava the Flava'", about what happens to gang members who like to kill people for sport. I'll write the copy.
To Tookie, may God have mercy on your soul, as I have none in my heart.
To David Batstone, this is beneath even you. You have sacrificed your integrity to support a fashionable cause. Shame on you.
