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- 26 Jan 06
- 8:03 pm
Schools clearly shouldn't be installing coke and candy machines; I mean really - the government making money off of selling bad food to people under 18? Tipping the balance of food available in schools towards the healthier side is a good start to solving this problem. Education - making sure kids, and their parents, know that they're likely to suffer greatly from eating poorly - is another part. Unfortunately, marketing and advertising are more prevalent than education these days...

Posted to Let Them Eat Crap
- 20 Jan 06
- 1:04 am
"Williams, a co-founder of the Crips street gang, had transformed himself into a passionate anti-gang activist during his near quarter century in prison." That's the key here; Williams was more useful to society alive than dead. He was already reformed. Whether he was guilty or not of the particular crimes he was convicted for pales in relevance next to the good he was doing, and could continue to do, in steering people kids away from gangs.

Posted to Reflections on Tookie's Execution