# Let's pick a scab: Happy Anniversary Tookie! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 14, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400 "2015-12-14T06:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/1 "2015-12-14T06:53:29Z")
[10 years](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Williams) of eternity behind you, shitbag, many more to come. [What Arnie should have wrote on your death warrant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q73gUUr8Zlw)? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/2 "2015-12-14T09:39:35Z")
He’s been beyond reach of your taunts for ten years now. Hope _you_ got something out of it. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/3 "2015-12-14T12:21:29Z")
Besides a sore wrist and a dirty sock? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/4 "2015-12-14T18:06:41Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Besides a sore wrist and a dirty sock? If that’s how you do it, sure. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/5 "2015-12-14T21:05:15Z")
Jesus. What a heart-breaking story, all of it. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/6 "2015-12-14T23:08:14Z")
> [@Elret](#): > > Jesus. What a heart-breaking story, all of it. What he did to his victims is, but how is that glob of uncircumcised wino dick cheese getting his just reward heartbreaking? I just remember how upset some of you got over it. Sick! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/7 "2015-12-14T23:27:52Z")
They sprinkled his ashes into a lake in South Africa. Making a mental note to go pee in that lake if ever I’m in South Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/8 "2015-12-14T23:42:13Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > [10 years](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Williams) of eternity behind you, shitbag, many more to come. From your Wiki link: > [@](#): > > Once incarcerated, he authored several books, including anti-gang and anti-violence literature and children’s books. Why do you love gangs and violence and hate children? Won’t someone think of the children? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/9 "2015-12-15T00:00:27Z")
The problem was the children’s book and the anti-gang/anti-violence literature didn’t overlap. The kids’ books were all “see Dick pop a cap in Jane” this, and “see Spot win the dog fight” that. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/10 "2015-12-15T00:16:38Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The problem was the children’s book and the anti-gang/anti-violence literature didn’t overlap. The kids’ books were all “see Dick pop a cap in Jane” this, and “see Spot win the dog fight” that. Are these online somewhere? That sounds hilarious, albeit very, very wrong. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/11 "2015-12-15T04:25:51Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Are these online somewhere? That sounds hilarious, albeit very, very wrong. Don’t know if they’re online, but Amazon carries [all eight](http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Tookie-Williams/e/B001H6SWYW) of the kids’ books. My public library only has _Life in Prison_, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/12 "2015-12-15T04:49:34Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Are these online somewhere? That sounds hilarious, albeit very, very wrong. **TroutMan** was joking: the [Tookie Speaks Out Against Gang Violence](http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Tookie-Williams/e/B001H6SWYW/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1) juvenile nonfiction books aren’t spoofs of Dick and Jane. Though I agree that Dick-and-Jane parodies are often funny. You might like [_In and Out with Dick and Jane_](http://www.amazon.com/In-Out-Dick-Jane-Loving/dp/0810997592). ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/13 "2015-12-15T04:57:13Z")
What a fucking idiotic thread. I just went back and looked at some of the board’s earlier debates over Wilson’s death sentence, and to the extent that people were “upset” about it, the concern came mainly from people who opposed the death penalty on principle. Yes, some people expressed concern about the fairness of his trial, and argued that maybe he was convicted more for his founding of a gang rather than for specific acts, but the majority of people in those threads, liberal and conservative alike, argued that he had done plenty to deserve his fate, and was not worthy of any sympathy. I think Wilson led a life of crime, he was pretty clearly a killer, and he deserved punishment. And while i believe in the value of remorse and reform, i believe that some acts are bad enough that no amount of remorse or reform can make up for them. But i still don’t like the fact that he was executed, just as i don’t like the fact that Timothy McVeigh was executed. I’m not going to cry any tears for either of them, but the heinous nature of their acts doesn’t change my opposition to the death penalty. You must have a pretty fucking empty life if dancing on his grave after ten years seems like a good use of your time. But each to his own, i guess. Knock yourself out. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/14 "2015-12-15T05:02:17Z")
Yeah, I don’t get it. Last thing I want to do with a shitbag is commemorate him. Just forget about him and move on. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/15 "2015-12-15T05:10:24Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > You must have a pretty fucking empty life if dancing on his grave after ten years seems like a good use of your time. Well, it is **pkbites** , so I think we can take that as a given. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/16 "2015-12-15T05:16:07Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > debates over Wilson’s death sentence Doh! That should, of course, be Williams, not Wilson. I was mixing up my “ookies”. It’s Tookie Williams and Mookie Wilson. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/17 "2015-12-15T07:34:09Z")
Gonna do this for Ted Bundy? Susan Atkins? Jeffrey Dahmer? I mean, what’s the point? They’re dead and good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/18 "2015-12-15T08:13:32Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Gonna do this for Ted Bundy? Susan Atkins? Jeffrey Dahmer? I mean, what’s the point? They’re dead and good riddance. No. But nobody came on here and cried a river over them. I saw an entry on Dead or Alive about poor ol’ Tookie and remembered the whining about him. So I took 2 minutes out of my otherwise full plate and decided to pick the scab of his demise and the demise of the several dopers who did the most whining that have been banned since he was put down. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/19 "2015-12-15T08:17:23Z")
So you started a thread to rail about someone who has been dead for ten years, and to gloat over some former members who are no longer posting here? That makes sense. I guess. If you’ve still got some time left, i think [this guy](http://onvoyage.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/A-dead-horse-along-the-road.jpg) needs a flogging. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400/20 "2015-12-15T16:07:59Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > No. But nobody came on here and cried a river over them. I saw an entry on Dead or Alive about poor ol’ Tookie and remembered the whining about him. So I took 2 minutes out of my otherwise full plate and decided to pick the scab of his demise and the demise of the several dopers who did the most whining that have been banned since he was put down. I think they call that trolling. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400.md?page=2)