Terrorism in Wichita

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 6/2/9 | Debra J. Saunders

[SmithL]

If law enforcement officials believe they can prove that Scott Roeder is guilty of Sunday's shooting death of abortion doctor George Tiller at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kan., then they should work to put him away for life. Roeder is being held on first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault.

In killing Tiller, the gunman did more than commit one violent act that ended a man's life. The slaying also served to intimidate abortion providers - and perhaps chase some professionals out of the practice altogether. Thus by use of violence, the shooter set out to achieve that which he could not achieve through the democratic political process.

Boulder, Colo., abortion doctor Warren Hern called the killing "a political assassination in a historic pattern of anti-abortion political violence. It was terrorism," according to the Associated Press.

Unfortunately, the National Right to Life Committee issued a statement that lacked Hern's clarity and outrage. The statement extended sympathy to Tiller's family, then condemned "any such acts of violence regardless of motivation. The pro-life movement works to protect the right to life and increase respect for human life. The unlawful use of violence is directly contrary to that goal."

I understand that anti-abortion activists considered Tiller's practice of late-term abortions to be heinous in and of itself - and they had a moral argument. But that moral argument is undermined by the shooting of a doctor - in a church, of all places.

And it doesn't help when Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist, tells reporters, "George Tiller was a mass murderer. We grieve for him that he did not have time to properly prepare his soul to face God. I am more concerned that the Obama administration will use Tiller's killing to intimidate pro-lifers into surrendering our most effective rhetoric...

[SmithL]

Debra is exactly right.

[SmithL]

The timing could not be worse for the anti-abortion movement. Just last month, the Gallup Poll reported that 51 percent of Americans now call themselves pro-life rather than pro-choice on the issue of abortion.

People who are really Pro-Life do not commit or condone murder. Worse still, is that this murder will hurt the Pro-Life movement.

[pnh102]

Terrorism?

I guess this means we can say at least one act of terrorism happened in the USA under 0bama's watch.

[Star Traveler]

When the abortionist was alive, he should have been given the death penalty for participating in the killing of the 50 million unborn that this country has condoned. And that death sentence, should have been carried out by the “state” (not individuals) in having laws that outlaw the killing of the unborn.

And in addition, the guy who did the shooting, should also be given the death penalty, likewise by the state, for participating in the long-standing practice of murder, which God has condemned, just like abortion, from the beginning.

[ex91B10]

Suspect pleads not guilty in soldier's death By NOAH TRISTER [AP]A Muslim convert accused of killing a soldier in a "political and religious" attack on a military recruiting center pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a capital murder charge and was ordered held without bail.

What's Deb got to say about that?

[mgc1122]

“Thus by use of violence, the shooter set out to achieve that which he could not achieve through the democratic political process.”

These being the same people who celebrate every bomb blast in Tel Aviv ....

[Vigilanteman]

She may be right. But there has been far too much ink spilt on this low lifer and far too little spilt on William Long who also suffered a violent, politcally motivated death at about the same time as Tiller.

[farmer18th]

I guess this means we can say at least one act of terrorism happened in the USA under 0bama's watch.

...so this would be a domestic contingency operation?

[null and void]

I guess this means we can say at least one act of terrorism happened in the USA under 0bama's watch.

LOL. San Francisco Chronicle hoist by their own petard.

[kenth]

Randall Terry has been shooting people?

[ArrogantBustard]

And it doesn't help when Randall Terry, an anti-abortion activist, tells reporters, "George Tiller was a mass murderer.

What's wrong with that statement? I guess, since the law doesn't see fit to define "shredding a live baby with a dull knife" as "murder" then technically, Tiller was not a "murderer". Technically.

He was, undeniably, by his own proud assertion, a serial killer. And no possible justification exists for any of his killings. We should NOT hesitate to name him or his comrades in baby-killing as the cowardly serial killers that they are.

[gorilla_warrior]

“Thus by use of violence, the shooter set out to achieve that which he could not achieve through the democratic political process.”

Thus by use of the Supreme Court, liberal fascists achieved that which they could not achieve through the democratic political process.

[Jeff Head]

The terrorism was committed by Tiller. Tens of thousands of butcherd, litrally butchered, bloody children under the color of law (sort of like Nazi Germany, eh?)

What the killer did was clearly illegal...but we may one day look back and see that these people, like John Brown, who also committd a crime and was put to death for it, were nonetheless on the right side of history.

Perhaps we need to stop worrying as much about public opinion, and start forthightly worrying more about what is right...and forthrightly expose abortion for the abject genocide it is, with no room for tolernce.

THE GRUESOME TRUTH OF THE ABORTION HOLOCAUST & THE DEATH OF DR. TILLER [Warning: A graphic photo of death & dismemberment]

“It is the grimmest of ironies that one of the most savage, barbaric acts of evil in history began in one of the most modernized societies of its time, where so many markers of human progress became tools of human depravity: science that can heal, used to kill; education that can enlighten, used to rationalize away basic moral impulses; the bureaucracy that sustains modern life, used as the machinery of mass death, a ruthless, chillingly efficient system where many were responsible for the killing, but few got actual blood on their hands.”–Barack Obama April 24, 2009, Holocaust Remebernce Day, Chicago Sun Times.

[MrB]

could not achieve through the democratic political process

That process was so corrupted that Roeder probably just gave up on it. If Roeder hadn't done this, someone else eventually would have, as the non-violent means of addressing this wrong were all corrupted to the point of not being available.

[balls]

I haven’t been following Tiller, but does his death mean that one or more babies will not be aborted?

[savedbygrace]

Right about what? Her column is muddle . . . and I’m being kind with that label.

She critiques the National Right to Life Committee for their statement, but their statement is in agreement with her. How lame is that?

[MortMan]

No, I believe Ms. Saunders is dead wrong in some respects. To wit:

I understand that anti-abortion activists considered Tiller's practice of late-term abortions to be heinous in and of itself - and they had a moral argument. But that moral argument is undermined by the shooting of a doctor - in a church, of all places.

How does the immediately condemned act of one individual reflect poorly - or at all - on the moral argument prsented by those that condemned the murder? The Unabomber was not deemed to have undermined the argument of environmentalists - he was labeled as a loony.

Guilt by association is dead wrong.

[Piquaboy]

The former governor Sillyass of Kansas who now works for Bama was a supporter of Tiller.

[goodnesswins]

I have a question.....Tiller was shot in a Church....why aren’t they protecting Churches?

[Emmett McCarthy]

Exactly so. If one wants to look for a root cause of this ongoing turmoil and division, look to the Supreme Court and the failure of the U.S Senate to do its constitutionally-mandated job.