[rcrngroup]

It's a psychological thing. Good people are forced to sit day in and day out and impotently witness blatant evil going unpunished. The "celebratory" effect is somewhat like a psychological safety valve. After seeing so much lawlessness going unavenged, it's an emotional relief to finally see some small bit of justice carried out. If the relief of that safety valve is squelched, people can sink into despair over the fact that justice all too often seems to be delayed or entirely denied. [short version; give 'em a break]...:)

Boy, you got that right! I rejoice simply because as conservatives and Christians, we generally have very little to cheer about from the corrupt judicial & political system that appears to have a predisposition to allowing injustice and evil to persist.

When Terri Schiavo was starved-executed-murdered by her evil husband Michael, and his corrupt Judge Greer and death attorney George Felos, her death dimished and saddened all of us. Tookie's execution was rightly deserved and finally carried out after 27 years. Terri was not even allowed 27 days from the moment her feeding tube was removed.

Finally a small payback of justice with the execution of Tookie the murderer!

[Salamander]

Too true.