10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty

[warpedcomedy]

"We will be here every year until this state does away with the rascist cruel legal lynchings"

Good luck being there forever.

[305375]

Forever? Yea that's what they said about New Jersey and New Mexico. This will be done, in my life time!!!!

[warpedcomedy]

New Mexico and New Jersey's death penalty systems did not enjoy the same level of public support that they do in Texas. Most Americans support the death penalty, just because a few states abolished it, does not mean that all states or the Federal Government will. People like me will see that this punishment continues.

[305375]

Many doubted slavery would end. Many thought we would never see an African American in the white house. It is more than a few states that have abolished. It's 138 countries. Like the Roman empire, Texas will fall. The death penalty will be no more.

[warpedcomedy]

Yeah, well slavery and the death penalty are opposites. Slavery is human bondage. The death penalty is justice.

So how will Texas fall?

80 Countries still have the death penalty.

[305375]

As of 2009, fewer than 60 countries (less than a third of the total) actively retain the death penalty.

Growing weak!

[warpedcomedy]

Thailand, which operated a de facto moratorium since 2004, executed two men two weeks ago. Japan continues to execute in huge numbers. The United States Federal Government recently carried out an execution, along with Texas. There is an imminent execution in South Korea. Over 2,390 executions last year.

Still going strong!

[305375]

Yes but number of American executions fell to its lowest level in about 15 years in 2008.

There were more than 5,400 executions carried out in the world in 2004 compared to the 2,390 you speak of in 2008

May still be going strong in your eyes but time will tell. We may lose battles, but in the end, we will win the over all war.

[warpedcomedy]

How do you know that abolition will win?

In a worldwide poll, 52% supported the death penalty.

The majority of people live in countries where the death penalty is practiced. China, India, the United States, and Japan have more people than all of Europe, for example.

[305375]

How do I know? Because we will never give up. "Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. " Angela Davis

Polls mean nothing for they never poll those most affected, the poor.

[warpedcomedy]

We will never give up trying to reinstate it if it is abolished.

Campaign all you want, the majority of us go on and execute anyway, despite your cute little demonstrations.

Polls mean everything: We have the say in what goes and what doesnt. Besides, if a poor man murders, is he any less guilty?

[305375]

No but when a rich man murders he is less guilty that's the problem. No problem with what you say here, I'll see you on the front lines.

"One man with courage is a majority."

Thomas Jefferson

[warpedcomedy]

How will Texas fall if there is strong public support?

[305375]

The strongest of the strong eventually grow weak.

When underdogs choose not to play by Goliaths rules, they win, "even when everything we think we know about power says they shouldn't."