Unimpressed by the Tookster

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Friday December 09, 2005 · 12:59 PM PST

2005/12/09 · 12:59

While I don't necessarily hold the death penalty in the highest esteem, I'm frankly quite disappointed to see that Stanley "Tookie" Williams has inspired such fervor and, frankly, deficient discourse.

The crux of arguments trying to keep Williams from being executed has repeatedly been focused around the notion that Williams has "changed" and "redeemed" or "reformed" himself. He is a different man now than he was then, we are told. He admits the error of his ways and-

-oh, holy smokes, hold on. He won't admit to committing the murders. He was "framed." The murders are crimes that a jury "said" he did.
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Godless Priests

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Monday July 11, 2005 · 7:27 PM PDT

2005/07/11 · 19:27

This is the nature of the right today. They are holy men with no God but themselves. Their great ruse is to pass the buck to the assholes exactly like themselves except without the cynicism 2000 plus years ago. Make no mistake, however, this is a church of men, by men, for men alone.

Their repeated and wailing cry is to dare you to impale them and name them for what they are. "You wouldn't dare imply that I am a bad person, would you?" Do you hesitate? Do you back down?

At your own peril you will, because it is at that precise moment that you will find your throat cut. Read More

Best place for grassroots debate on the net (and other stuff)

nitrate21

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Thursday June 23, 2005 · 8:26 PM PDT

2005/06/23 · 20:26

Community rules, as you all know, but I've lost part of my smile over the years because my absolute favorite place to argue politics on the net is shrinking as websites dominate. This text-based bbs still offers the most functional and simple way on the web to have organic and sequentially flowing threads. Got a beef with somebody? Take it to mail or get in an Xpress message war. All you gotta do is learn about six to ten hotkeys (and I'm talking "s" for skip to next forum, simple as hell!). Once you get hooked, it's second nature. I've been hanging out there since 1992!

Either go to:
http://www.iscabbs.com/

and download a simple client interface, or simply telnet the old fashioned way to:

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