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RELIPUNDIT ADDS: I SECOND THIS:
Gravely Wicked [Robert P. George]
Whoever murdered George Tiller has done a gravely wicked thing. The evil of this action is in no way diminished by the blood George Tiller had on his own hands. No private individual had the right to execute judgment against him. We are a nation of laws. Lawless violence breeds only more lawless violence. Rightly or wrongly, George Tilller was acquitted by a jury of his peers. "Vengeance is mine, says the Lord." For the sake of justice and right, the perpetrator of this evil deed must be prosecuted, convicted, and punished. By word and deed, let us teach that violence against abortionists is not the answer to the violence of abortion. Every human life is precious. George Tiller's life was precious. We do not teach the wrongness of taking human life by wrongfully taking a human life. Let our "weapons" in the fight to defend the lives of abortion's tiny victims, be chaste weapons of the spirit.
— Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University.
16 comments:
WHOEVER DID THIS IS A MURDERER AND DESERVES THE FULL PENALTY OF THE LAW: THE DEATH PENALTY IF KANSAS HAS ONE WOULD NOT BE TOO MUCH.
AND I AM AGAINST ABORTION.
MURDERERS DESERVE TO DIE, FETUSES DO NOT.
WELCOME ABOARD!
Agreed. But this is what happens when things get out of control. I am in no way condoning what happened, but if you are going to live by the sword....well you know the rest. And thanks...glad to be here!
I just don't care. I don't feel bad. Hope God is harsh on him...
I TRUST THE LORD'S JUDGMENT, NOT THE MURDERER'S.
We are not God, so we must not make choices which belong to God. Because we are not God, we should not take power over Life and Death. Because we are not God, we can not presume to know God's Greater Morality, which is summed up in, "Love the Lord God with all you hear, mind, strength, and sould, and Love thy neighbor as yourself."
Because we are not God, and we can not understand His Greater Morality, we must live under law.
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Law says, the man who did this is a murderer, and he should be subject to the death penalty according to the law.
What is truly sad is the fact that the person who did this WILL be held accountable according to the law, but Tiller, who broke the law as well, was not. This what happens when the law is not followed. Frustration turns to anger, and then someone eventually snaps and takes he law into his own hands. Tiller's acquittal was political.
How did Tiller break the law? I am not aware of the particulars?
Ah, I see. I read the story. He broke the law by getting "second opinions" from an employee. Is that right?
He performed 15 late-term abortions on healthy women who could not abort their babies at that time in their pregnancies. Personally, I delivered twins at 32 weeks and the survived an ER c-section. 2 months premie. My blood runs cold when it comes to late-term abortion--or ANY abortion for that matter. The CHOICE is to have sex, the baby is the consequence of a poor CHOICE. I am anti-abortion to the core.
Pastorius, you explain very well why the death penalty is so wrong, well done.
OSKAR: DEATH PENALTY IS OKAY/CONSTITUIONAL - AND FINE AS FAR AS THE BIBLE IS CONCERNED, TOO.
PASTO:
Law says, the man who did this is a murderer, and he should be subject to the death penalty according to the law.
OSAKR: WHEN YOU ARGUE/DEBATE THE WAY YOU DO - BY TWISTING THE WORDS OF THOSE YOU ARGUE WITH - YOU MAKE AN ASS OUT OF YOURSELF.
I don´t twist the words. Pastorius wrote:
"Because we are not God, we should not take power over Life and Death."
By sending people to death penalty, that is exactly what you do. This is a fact, you can not ignore this Reliapundit.
oskar, PASTO wrote this:
Law says, the man who did this is a murderer, and he should be subject to the death penalty according to the law
Oskar,
You misunderstand me. I'm not against the death penalty. I am against individuals taking the law into their own hands.
The death penalty is arbitrated by the legal system. I believe it is just in certain cases.
Actually, I think it would have been just for Tiller to have been tried for murder for having illegally performed 15 late-term abortions on healthy women. And, i think it would have been just for Tiller to have rec'd the death penalty for that crime.
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