You’ve been stating that all political, democratic, and legal means weren’t exhausted.
I suppose you can give us an example of what could have been tried next when the “doctor” was blatantly breaking the laws regarding late term abortions,
and the AG and the governor (whom he had paid off) were blocking all legal means to make him stop breaking the laws which we supported democratically.
You’ve been stating that all political, democratic, and legal means weren’t exhausted.Tiller was using a loophole(the life of the mother being in danger) to get away with it. If your faucet leaks you fix it, you don't burn down your house.I suppose you can give us an example of what could have been tried next when the “doctor” was blatantly breaking the laws regarding late term abortions, and the AG and the governor (whom he had paid off) were blocking all legal means to make him stop breaking the laws which we supported democratically.
BINGO! And again, I’m not saying the answer is vigilantism. But it is disingenuous to pretend that proper legal channels had not been established to prevent what Tiller was doing. You can pass all the laws in the world, but if there is corruption in the system, how do you enforce those laws?
Then you investigate the governor and the prosecutor... If evidence is found then you prosecute and remove them. You convene a citizens grand jury (as allowed under Kansas law). Or you vote those people out of office and elect people that WILL properly enforce the law. These are elected offices which means we have every opportunity to do so.
The means for change are there. We haven’t gotten all the change we want but we CAN with organization, effort, and persuasion.
We don’t just cut the law down when we despair or achieving change through it... That’s what communists and revolutionaries do!
Ever seen “A Man for All Seasons” about St. Thomas More? Recall when he is speaking to Roper (who said that he would be willing to cut a wide road through the law to catch the devil.)
“And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned ‘round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man’s laws, not God’s! And if you cut them down, and you’re just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?”