IS SINCERE IN TRYING TO STOP YOUTH/GANG VIOLENCE, OR DO U THINK HE IS USING THIS ANTI-GANG ORDEAL TO GET CLEMENCY, AND THEN FIGHT HIS INNOCENCE. OR DO U THINK HE IS DOING BOTH WHICH IS VERY POSSIBLE.
I PERSONALLY THINK HE IS SINCERE, AND EVEN IF HE IS NOT, HE IS TOUCHING THE LIVES OF MANY TROUBLED YOUTH. I ALSO THINK HE IS USING THIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HYPE TO TRY AN STAY ALIVE, WHICH I CAN'T BLAME HIM, WHO WANTS TO DIE? I AM CONTIMPLATING WRITING ARNOLD AS ANOTHER VOICE IN FAVOR OF GRANTING TOOKIE CLEMENCY, BUT ONE THING THAT BOTHERS ME, IS WHY DID IT TAKE TOOKIE 16 YEARS (JAILED IN '81-FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED IN '97) TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST GANGS. I UNDERSTAND HE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HIS MENTALITY IN A NUMBER OF MONTHS, BUT 16 YEARS SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME. DO ANY OF YOU KNOW HOW EARLY TOOKIE FOUND OUT HIS EXECUTION DATE? ALSO, "THEY" MAKE IT SEEM LIKE TOOKIE CHANGED HIS PATH AFTER THOSE 6 YEARS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, SO DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN HE HOT OUT OF THE HOLE?
I PERSONALLY THINK HE IS SINCERE, AND EVEN IF HE IS NOT, HE IS TOUCHING THE LIVES OF MANY TROUBLED YOUTH. I ALSO THINK HE IS USING THIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HYPE TO TRY AN STAY ALIVE, WHICH I CAN'T BLAME HIM, WHO WANTS TO DIE? I AM CONTIMPLATING WRITING ARNOLD AS ANOTHER VOICE IN FAVOR OF GRANTING TOOKIE CLEMENCY, BUT ONE THING THAT BOTHERS ME, IS WHY DID IT TAKE TOOKIE 16 YEARS (JAILED IN '81-FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED IN '97) TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST GANGS. I UNDERSTAND HE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HIS MENTALITY IN A NUMBER OF MONTHS, BUT 16 YEARS SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME. DO ANY OF YOU KNOW HOW EARLY TOOKIE FOUND OUT HIS EXECUTION DATE? ALSO, "THEY" MAKE IT SEEM LIKE TOOKIE CHANGED HIS PATH AFTER THOSE 6 YEARS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, SO DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN HE HOT OUT OF THE HOLE?
