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sigma7

This solves everything

May 31, 2009 12:40

Kansas abortion doc and political lightning rod George Tiller shot dead in his church. The official response from Operation Rescue:
"We are shocked at this morning’s disturbing news that Mr. Tiller was gunned down. Operation Rescue has worked for years through peaceful, legal means, and through the proper channels to see him brought to justice. We ( Read more... )

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I will be attending a candlelight vigil Thursday _zomg June 3 2009, 03:26:07 UTC

It's not the debate over abortion that really bugs me. It's the fact that blood is being shed because they are doing what they believe is right.

What is happening to the Land of the Free?

Re: I will be attending a candlelight vigil Thursday sigma7 June 3 2009, 03:39:06 UTC

They've been told they're doing God's work, that babies are being slaughtered, and that they have a moral responsibility to stop it. And those who incite are not being held responsible.

Friend of mine went to the Wichita vigil, which I might've gone to but not anything local. Shock's been replaced with disgust and disdain and the lingering awareness that things are just going to get worse.

Re: I will be attending a candlelight vigil Thursday vulpisfoxfire June 3 2009, 04:15:48 UTC

Remember that the 'Land of the Free' is based around the 2nd Amendment. :-/

samson_of_5 June 4 2009, 03:08:15 UTC

Actions such as that are never justifiable, no matter the reason(though I may not say a word if a certain OBL met that fate). Bombings of abortion clinics were never tolerated either. Operation Rescue's response was purely political, same as Sinn Féin's responses to IRA attacks in Northern Ireland. My stance on abortion is that it never should be used as a birth control, with perhaps the exception of rape. People stand on it being a choice. Well choice is good, but you also have the choice of using a condom or other contraceptive. I don't mean to sound high and mighty, but that's my opinion. If ever I get to know someone, and they reveal they had an abortion, I may give my point of view in a civil way, but will just move on from there. I stand by my point of view but I will never work to force it on anyone, as that will remove more than their right to have an abortion. You can't prune the tree of liberty without taking more than just one right away.

On a somewhat related note... samson_of_5 June 4 2009, 03:35:57 UTC

I just came across this article on an arson case in Maine, of a topless (yup) coffee shop that had been deliberately destroyed. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31086037/
Thankfully no one was hurt, but this is another sad example of people taking extreme measures against someone they don't agree with. Nobody should ever be taught that such actions are justifiable. People can disagree, they can work to pass ordinances to make their point, but to actively destroy or kill is WRONG. I don't care what your church believes.

Re: On a somewhat related note... sigma7 June 4 2009, 12:50:18 UTC

Yeah, I'd been intrigued by the coffee shop as a hypothetical exercise -- I never expected it to get torched, mainly because it's in a blue state (my home state, as it turns out) and while abortion definitely angries the blood, a strip/slurp club seems offensive but relatively benign.

It's been a busy week for the moral majority.

(And yeah, nobody wants to get an abortion, but there are moments when it's the only feasible option, and I don't want to deny anyone the right to control what's happening to their own bodies. But that's just my two cents.)