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To: Ronin
My ambivalence is exacerbated by a fondness for the writings of 20th century German Pastor Dietrich Bonhoffer, who wrote of the Third Reich and its Fuehrer:

"If I see that a madman is driving a car into a group of innocent bystanders, then I can't as a Christian simply wait, comfort the wounded and bury the dead. I must try to wrest the steering wheel out of the hands of the madman.

There is no doubt that Dr. Tiller was a madman. However, a gunman who takes the law into his own hands and violates holy space on the holy day of Pentecost is equally mad.

7 posted on 01/29/2010 1:55:33 PM PST by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: lightman
Since you bring up Hitler...

If "Operation Valkyrie" was a success in killing Hitler, his assassins would today be known as...

Heroes or murderers?

12 posted on 01/29/2010 2:15:00 PM PST by Bosco (Remember how you felt on September 11?)
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