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[sid] => 111417
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Murder by Lethal Injection
[time] => 2005-12-13 15:02:21
[hometext] => Written for Stanley Tookie Williams. Executed by lethal injection this morning.
[bodytext] => They killed Tookie today.
Arnold couldn't see in his heart
to grant the man
his life.
Self-righteous groups they are.
Early morning execution...
Carried out so clean.
Doesn't matter what YOU call it man,
It's still murder and it's still mean.
If your God does forgive
then what on Earth is this?
I do not understand this
moral country's
idiotic double standards.
"Killing other humans is wrong,
so let us lethally inject them
for the killing they have done."
If killing is wrong...
why are there executions?
If killing is wrong...
why are we waging war
with our brothers and sisters
in the East?
Questions and questions.
Confusion racks the simple mind
of me.
The anti-abortion fools
are much the same way...
Bomb the clinics.
Kill the doctors for killing the babies.
Hey it's the American way.
Well, Tookie
I wish your life
would have been spared.
Know my brother
Many are here,
that do care.
Your message of love
was well recieved.
Many of your brothers and sisters,
my friend...
Today they shall grieve.
Farewell to you, Tookie
May you rest in peace.
Laura Horner
12-13-05
[comments] => 9
[counter] => 585
[topic] => 8
[informant] => deadheadpoet
[notes] =>
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[alanguage] => english
[acomm] => 0
[haspoll] => 0
[pollID] => 0
[score] => 15
[ratings] => 4
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => AmericanTragedy
)
Murder by Lethal Injection
Contributed by
deadheadpoet
on
Tuesday, 13th December 2005 @ 03:02:21 PM in AEST
Topic:
AmericanTragedy
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They killed Tookie today.
Arnold couldn't see in his heart
to grant the man
his life.
Self-righteous groups they are.
Early morning execution...
Carried out so clean.
Doesn't matter what YOU call it man,
It's still murder and it's still mean.
If your God does forgive
then what on Earth is this?
I do not understand this
moral country's
idiotic double standards.
"Killing other humans is wrong,
so let us lethally inject them
for the killing they have done."
If killing is wrong...
why are there executions?
If killing is wrong...
why are we waging war
with our brothers and sisters
in the East?
Questions and questions.
Confusion racks the simple mind
of me.
The anti-abortion fools
are much the same way...
Bomb the clinics.
Kill the doctors for killing the babies.
Hey it's the American way.
Well, Tookie
I wish your life
would have been spared.
Know my brother
Many are here,
that do care.
Your message of love
was well recieved.
Many of your brothers and sisters,
my friend...
Today they shall grieve.
Farewell to you, Tookie
May you rest in peace.
Laura Horner
12-13-05
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by lostrelic on
Tuesday, 13th December 2005 @ 03:23:24 PM AEST
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there is so many ways to look at this but if he was innocent and god forgives him i am sure its better then prision
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by secretwind on
Tuesday, 13th December 2005 @ 03:34:06 PM AEST
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as you say
'if killing is wrong why are there executions?" |
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by Jyssvw on
Tuesday, 13th December 2005 @ 03:44:01 PM AEST
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I agree with you, he had it way too easy, the state should find ways to torture these people, before they put them down, I wish he weren’t dead, so he could be killed with the same pain and fear he inflicted on his unsuspecting victims, not one ounce less…. A poem for a murdering, self-proclaimed, convicted gangster, gotta love it..lol…
Not everyone deserves a second chance.
Although, this is America, and you are free to be liberal in your views...so I respect your opinion…
Nice poem just the same
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by sharita on
Tuesday, 13th December 2005 @ 05:39:13 PM AEST
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| NIce poem! First I've read today paying tribute to Williams. I'm not sure if Tookie was guilty or not but I agree with the death penalty 100%. Yes, killing is wrong but it is justified in some cases. Although I don't see it right for a man to sit on death row for 20+ years then being excuted. It's like doubling his punishment. |
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by outlaw_mutiny on
Tuesday, 13th December 2005 @ 05:41:24 PM AEST
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i like what you wrote even tough it realy isn't a poem as much as you stating your opinions. if OUR God forgives? if he is OUR God and not yours what does it matter? i have spent time in prison when i was doing bad things and let me tell you that death is better than life in prison but i do not defend the death penelty. judge not less ye be judged first, let he without sin cast the first stone and so on and so on but God does forgive and if this person has realy repented they are in a much better place
good write |
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by Shmokin on
Tuesday, 13th December 2005 @ 07:21:39 PM AEST
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| nice poem, unsure if i agree wiv the politics, but im a Brit |
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by emystar on
Wednesday, 14th December 2005 @ 07:47:52 AM AEST
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A bold, well written write.
huggs,
emy |
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by Former_Member on
Monday, 9th January 2006 @ 01:04:51 PM AEST
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I personally think this is a great poem. It is a wonderful dedication and brings many thought provoking things to one's mind....at least this one, me.
While I seem to walk a fine line between an eye for an eye or judge not lest ye be judged yourself, nevertheless this is a great write.
Take care and thank you for sharing your poetic thoughts.
Tim
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Re: Murder by Lethal Injection
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 15th January 2006 @ 06:19:04 PM AEST
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A very powerful piece indeed.
I attempt to answer this by asking myself how I'd feel if someone I loved was murdered.I'm afraid that forgiveness would not be an option,I would want the death penalty for the guilty.
Having said that,innocent people have and will be executed,so the internal debate goes on. |
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