17. Maybe wishing him dead doesn't mean you are a racist
but it seems like filling yourself up with hatred and the belief that you can determine who should live and who should die may diminish you in a number of other ways. We aren't talking about someone who's actively murdering anyone...this is on who has been caught. Now we're just talking about really noble concepts like retribution and punishment. This takes us back to the great old days of eyes for eyes and all that jazz.
Part of why many of us object to putting people like Tookie to death isn't because of the weight and stain on his souls...it's to prevent that sort of weight and stain from appearing on our own.
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