When George Tiller, arguably the most infamous abortion doctor, was gunned down in a church in Wichita on Sunday, the abortion debate sprung to the forefront once again. Now I stay out of this debate in most cases because I don't believe I should be opinionated on something that hasn't affected my life. However, even the MSNBC crowd must feel nothing but distaste for this man. After all, he was one of the few who performed late-term abortions, which I find shocking that ANYONE could possibly support. I'm sure very few are sad to see him gone.
But I wonder, can anyone condone such a vigilante act? The way I look at it is that anyone who went to this doctor to have an abortion did so by their own decision, and therefore they have no call to be angry with him. And so anyone who shot him is someone who killed the man because of their opinions, not because of anything he did to hurt them.
Therefore I can't help but hope who ever killed this man is treated as anyone else who kills someone in cold blood and sent to prison for the remainder of their life. The legal system has to send the right example in this case. You can give this person a light sentence, because you set a terrible precedent that I fear may happen any way. And that is to say it's okay to kill for political or moral reasons. That should not and cannot be the way we our country.
But I wonder, can anyone condone such a vigilante act? The way I look at it is that anyone who went to this doctor to have an abortion did so by their own decision, and therefore they have no call to be angry with him. And so anyone who shot him is someone who killed the man because of their opinions, not because of anything he did to hurt them.
Therefore I can't help but hope who ever killed this man is treated as anyone else who kills someone in cold blood and sent to prison for the remainder of their life. The legal system has to send the right example in this case. You can give this person a light sentence, because you set a terrible precedent that I fear may happen any way. And that is to say it's okay to kill for political or moral reasons. That should not and cannot be the way we our country.
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