SD on 31/5/2009 at 19:56
I do despair
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8076253.stm)
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A prominent US abortion doctor has been shot dead at a church in Wichita, in his home state of Kansas.
Sixty-seven year-old George Tiller was killed just after 1000 (1500 GMT) at the Reformation Lutheran Church.
Police say the attacker, a white man, then fled in a car. Local media report that a suspect is now in custody.
Dr Tiller, one of the few US doctors who performed so-called late-term abortions, had been vilified by some anti-abortionists.
His clinic had often been the site of demonstrations, and he was shot and wounded by an assailant 16 years ago.
Pro-life? Don't make me laugh.
SubJeff on 31/5/2009 at 19:59
Bet it wasn't a pro-lifer per se, as in not an activist, but the father of one of the aborted children.
Fringe on 31/5/2009 at 22:11
Why would you think that?
june gloom on 31/5/2009 at 22:23
I have a friend who lives in Kansas and she tells me the pro-lifers there are pretty much Al-Qaeda.
Some asshole we both know, who doesn't know much that isn't WoW or robot anime, made this broad, sweeping statement that all pro-lifers are extremist terrorists who should have war declared upon them. I pointed out to him my usual caution against such generalizations stating that despite copious amounts of The Crazy™ not everyone is willing to cross the Eric Rudolph line, and some are not motivated by religion by dint of being atheist. My friend cut in and told me that the local pro-lifers have an especially high concentration of Axe Crazy and had been out to get this guy for years. She's amazed he lived this long.
Looking for a safe opinion on abortion? Me neither.
Harvester on 31/5/2009 at 22:31
Quote Posted by SD
And "aborted child" is something of an oxymoron anyway.
Whoever did it, what's more pertinent is how various groups respond to this news. Needless to say, the Christians are already celebrating like pigs in shit:
Actually, most are condemning it on the pages that you linked to. But thanks for reminding me why I can't stand christian internet forums (despite being a christian myself). The constant in-fighting and one-upping each other with bible verses, etc.
Volitions Advocate on 31/5/2009 at 22:56
Yeah, I just stumbled upon another christian forum the other day that i found thoroughly disgusting. A lot of these guys ARE Al Qaeda in North America. Talking about how tolerance is a sin because if they tolerate peoples differences it means they're damned to hell, when they could've been forced into worship which would save their souls etc.
I'm a pretty staunch conservative christian and I gotta tell you. (not that this hasn't been said a million times by many many people, but this time coming from the inside) Most Christians are idiots. And they don't honour their namesake.
Pro-Life indeed
ZymeAddict on 31/5/2009 at 23:34
So a guy who murders people for a living was murdered.
Cry me a fucking river.
june gloom on 1/6/2009 at 00:22
uh-oh
fett on 1/6/2009 at 01:49
TTLG needs money? Sell popcorn.
