Luna Tick
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1995: Cincinnati. The planned parenthood clinic had previously been bombed by a guy who claimed to be a member of "the army of god". he was convicted of plotting to ban a clinic in florida as well. On the "Mike McConnell Show" was one James Condit Jr-a perpetual candidate for congress who is an anti abortion fanatic, and recently has become a militant anti semitic. He was consigliere of the bomber.
His argument-bombing a clinic is justified because the intent is to save innocent life I would note Condit knew who I was and I identified myself to him and Mike before I went on the air.
SO the discussion went like this
Condit-even if innocent blood is shed in the bombing of a clinic-it is justified because the intent and goal is to save the innocent lives of the unborn
Turtle: Many women go to PP for things other than abortions. STD screenings, treatment, pregnancy tests, counseling etc. Many of those women are innocent yet could be harmed by a bomber
Condit: the overriding goal is to save the lives of the innocent.
Turtle: My wife goes to PP for contraception. Since you have advocated bombing the clinic and My wife is an innocent person, I therefore must protect her innocent life. Therefore if I see you anywhere near the clinic when she is there, I am therefore justified in killing you as quickly as possible because you MIGHT throw a bomb into the clinic while my wife or other innocent people are there
Condit; Dead silence
Mike McConnell-seems reasonable to me.
condit-More silence.
cut to a commercial
Condit: You'd never do that
Turtle: bring a bomb when I am there and see what happens
McConnell (who is a conservative)-well Jim (Condit) that shows how moronic your position is.
Props for a great post! The term "abortion clinic" is biased in favor of the anti-abortion crowd. These places are "family planning clinics." There are far more services available there besides abortion. In fact, the contraception that is available prevents unwanted pregnancies and therefore prevents abortion. If I wanted to give the clinic a biased pro-life, I would call them "abortion prevention clinics." It's ironic that an anti abortion terrorist murders people and in doing so increases the likelihood of abortion.
I wish the media would start calling these bombers what they are: terrorists. I'd like to make another point. Most of these murderers have some form of Christian belief. However, it would be unfair to brand them "Christian terrorists" since the vast majority of Christians don't support their actions. Well, guess how most Muslims feel about so-called "Islamic terrorism". The vast majority of them don't support the despicable actions of groups like al Quaida.
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