[mcg1969]

Look, I don't want to see Terri die, either. But I see her as a casualty of a much larger war, that includes abortion and euthanasia.

I think both Bushes were right to exhaust every legal option and stop there. If either of them were to go further, then there is a real danger that it would set back the larger war on the death culture.

Consider for example those who bomb abortion clinics and murder abortionists. Do they prevent abortions? In the short term, yes, some abortions do not occur because of their actions. And yet I think they actually harm the pro-life movement because it pushes fence-sitters away from the cause. In the end, then, I claim that the abortion culture has been prolonged, the enemy strengthened, with more babies killed.

Likewise I feel that there is a real danger of emboldening the pro-death folks here. If feeding tube removal is codified in law in a manner that promotes death, we may have all of this Terri mess to thank for it.

[grassboots.org]

And yet I think they actually harm the pro-life movement because it pushes fence-sitters away from the cause. Do you have any evidence that this actually happened other than your opinion?

[the OlLine Rebel]

"Consider for example those who bomb abortion clinics and murder abortionists. Do they prevent abortions? In the short term, yes, some abortions do not occur because of their actions. And yet I think they actually harm the pro-life movement because it pushes fence-sitters away from the cause. In the end, then, I claim that the abortion culture has been prolonged, the enemy strengthened, with more babies killed."


Big difference: those so-called "pro-lifers" were going in to hurt and kill people.


Any1 in this case would be going in to SAVE some1.