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Have any of you read a book called Gideon's Torch? It deals with how a good-intentioned man with pro-life views got sucked into the net of violence to fight violence. It's heartbreaking and very sad, but worth the read if you can stand it.

Thank you, Cathryn; I will look for that.

However, in my opinion, (and this is just my opinion!) the bombing of and killing of abortionists is wrong, despite the fact that, in a way, it could be justified by saying that it was to protect the victims of such.

I share your opinion (except that I cannot see a justification - even "in a way" - for killing someone performing a legal procedure; the only legitimate option for change is to get the legality of that procedure reversed, in my mind), and I will add that some of the posts I've seen here today have stunned me, and made me think hard about whether I really belong here.

How anyone could call Rudolph "courageous" or refuse to condemn his actions is just completely off my radar screen.

Posts like yours and Arne's (among many others) have encouraged me, though. Thank you.

Let me encourage you, too, Duchess. Stick around, you're good people.

Fear not, the zealots are loud, but fortunately few in number. Due to the volume only, they stand out.

Just do like most of us do...steer clear of the threads they backslap each other on, and try to avoid the temptation to encourage them by responding to their madness. Fresh preaching victims are what they want.

You are welcome. I'd hate to see you leave because of this.

I do see how some people justify it, when I stand back and look at the issue. However, I don't think the view is grounded in reality. I don't think it's right for us to perform our own justice; how can we justify killing these people when what we are trying to stop is killing?

There is, also, always the possiblity when you bomb a clinic that innocents will die. That makes you no better than the abortionists. All your moral high ground disappears.

It simply can't be condoned.

Cathryn