Coca-Cola said:
I'm not for abortion and I think late-term abortion is sick. However, is it murder? I think it's dangerous to think that it's murder because it can cause people to do the following.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tiller_shooting
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This is mind numbingly disengenious.
This is disturbing as a murder but its almost equally disturbing that people want to take what is quite obviously a mentally ill person and a tragic killing and use them as political weapons to make an argument.
People who believe abortion is murder are not responsible, not even remotely. This man was an unstable person who happened to hold this belief..there are plenty of these people of all idealogies and it is sick to try to suggest that a political view, from either side, causes murders.
It's not dangerous to hold a belief because a crazy person might use it as justification..he is a crazy person and he is going to find justification one way or another. The suggestion is patently ridiculous and in frighteningly poor taste.
The only people responsible are this gunmen and others who advocate a "justifiable homicide" position on abortion. The only dangerous view here is thinking that it is justifiable to murder other people. This is precisely why abortion groups have come out in droves to condemn this, and rightfully so, to ensure that nobody thinks this is acceptable or a good idea or that they support it at all.
To be blunt if you think believing abortion is murder is a dangerous/irresponsible position to take because it might cause this then you should also think actually performing abortions is a dangerous/irresponsible thing to do for the same reasons. We can say this might not have happened without the "abortion is murder" position but if you believe that much then it plainly would not have happened at all if he had not done abortions to begin with. If the former brings about this scenario then the later most certainly contributes just as much if not more. Really though this whole line of reasoning is bunk and this is a crazy person who comitted a crime and should be dealt with accordingly.
It's a tragic thing, and very sad for his loved ones. So lets not dishonor his memory by politicizing his murder.