Originally Posted by CRAIGHIMSELF
So it takes a convicted murderer and gang founder for people to realize that gang violence is stupid and ignorant? People have been ranting and raving this for YEARS and nobody has listened. Sure this is ironic that he's trying to stop it, but who HASNT tried to stop gang violence? And thats a huge hypothetical question to ask. Lets be real and look at facts. He's on death row for a reason. He's not there because of who he has become or what he can do for the future.
MAIN POINT: He killed/executed/took life from 4 people. Plain and simple. He could create a cure for AIDS or invent a time machine for all I care. He is in prison because he MURDERED human beings. Im sure he's sorry for it now. The past is history, it happened. The future holds so much room for others to stop violence. Why is this man any different from any other convict accused of killing someone? He's not. He is a convicted murderer. He stole other peoples dreams, futures, souls, families. He ruined countless people lives. He killed more than those people, he destroyed things which cannot be replaced. So fuck him.
Umm you are not understanding the weight of the mans words in this situation. He was a founding member of one of the most dominant gangs in LA (and acrosss the country now) so his words carry a different weight to it than some dipshit politician crying about violence in the street.
Why is he different? If you read a little you would understand what makes his words so different.
The guys who dropped the Atomic bomb came back and later on spoke out against the horrendous results and how it is the worst weapon ever created. Even the scientists who made the bomb spoke against it...their words carried more weight than people who were completely removed from the situation. Are we seeing the picture a bit clearer here yet?