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Old 08-07-2008, 11:36 AM   #1
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Ivins another pro-life killer

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Ivins was motivated both by his commitment to overcome a regulatory obstacle to the anthrax vaccine and by his social conservatism

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Ivins, a Catholic whose two children attended a parochial school in Frederick, described himself in a 2002 e-mail to a colleague as "pro-life . . . consistent with a Christian."

Two of the intended recipients of anthrax-tainted letters -- then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) -- are Catholics who favor abortion rights.

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Ivins another pro-life killer

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Ivins was motivated both by his commitment to overcome a regulatory obstacle to the anthrax vaccine and by his social conservatism

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Ivins, a Catholic whose two children attended a parochial school in Frederick, described himself in a 2002 e-mail to a colleague as "pro-life . . . consistent with a Christian."

Two of the intended recipients of anthrax-tainted letters -- then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) -- are Catholics who favor abortion rights.

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This may not be as inconsistent as it sounds. If Christians look at abortion as murder, then killing someone involved in abortion would be self-defense.
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This may not be as inconsistent as it sounds. If Christians look at abortion as murder, then killing someone involved in abortion would be self-defense.
No - it would be vigilantism.
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This may not be as inconsistent as it sounds. If Christians look at abortion as murder, then killing someone involved in abortion would be self-defense.
Only if the fetus killed the abortion doctor!
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This may not be as inconsistent as it sounds. If Christians look at abortion as murder, then killing someone involved in abortion would be self-defense.
No - it would be vigilantism.
Not if it were preventative.
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No - it would be vigilantism.
Not if it were preventative.
I think you're missing the "self" part of "self-defense". Revolutionary got it right, only the fetus can kill an abortion doctor in self-defense.
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But in this case, the two Senators were not even performing abortions. They were just Catholics who did not follow church teachings on the question.
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Ivins apparently aborted his life. Good choice.
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