Dr. George Tiller, abortion provider, shot this morning at about 10am

[Rillion]

I'm visiting my parents in Wichita, Kansas this weekend. They just came home from church and said that Dr. George Tiller, a member of their congregation, was shot in the head and killed. Dr. Tiller performs abortions here in Wichita, and has for many years. He was shot in both arms in 1993 during the so-called "Summer of Mercy" protests but has continued his practice in spite of being kicked out of his former church. He then joined Reformation, my family's church since I was 12 or so, who refused to kick him out despite protestors showing up every Sunday and screaming at them through bullhorns. The protestors got ahold of the church roll and have sent ugly postcards and letters to members of the congregation, including my parents.

Dr. Tiller was an usher today, and was going to get a cup of coffee in the lobby when a man came out of the sanctuary and shot him. At least one other usher witnessed it, but was afraid to tackle the man because he was afraid he might get shot as well. The man made it out of the church and into his car. He drove off, but another usher got his license plate number.

I'm going to watch the news now, not that it will probably tell me anything new.....my parents commented that they heard the gunshot, but it sounded like a "pop" and they didn't realize what it was. The sound of a good man being murdered by a purpose-driven lunatic turned out not to be so ominous.

This man who shot him has attended Reformation a few times before, apparently looking for the best chance to kill Tiller. I'm sure some church members know his name, and many of them definitely know his face. He will not get away with this. I doubt he expected to. That, in a way, only makes it worse.

[NHArticleTen]

hopefully the perpetrator has already ended his own existence...

glad you're ok though...

[Riddler]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-31-abortion-kansas_N.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno

[BonerJoe]

LOL religion.

[TimeLady Victorious]

I dislike Tiller and I dislike the man who murdered him because of his religion.

[Bill Brasky]

I hope a meteor smites the next pro-life rally in front of SCOTUS. 

[NHArticleTen]

can't we all just get along...

fuck...

[Njal]

I dislike Tiller and I dislike the man who murdered aborted him because of his religion.

I also condemn the murder, I just can't resist a dumb joke.

[fatcat]

What if Dr Tiller was performing abortions at 8 months? What if he was performing abortions hours before birth? Would killing him be justified then?

This guy thought he was doing a good thing, righteously executing a "murderer" as taught in the bible.

I'd like to hear from the "eye for an eye" people on this one.

Should the guy who executed Dr Tiller in turn be executed?

[NHArticleTen]

What if Dr Tiller was performing abortions at 8 months? What if he was performing abortions hours before birth? Would killing him be justified then?

This guy thought he was doing a good thing, righteously executing a "murderer" as taught in the bible.

I'd like to hear from the "eye for an eye" people on this one.

Should the guy who executed Dr Tiller in turn be executed?

it should be up to the victim and/or the victims family/relatives/associates/acquaintances...

virtually anyone who had a valid current or future claim/contract with the murdered person...

say the doctor had appointments for surgeries that would have paid him a million dollars, thus his estate can claim that amount against the perpetrator...

[Bill Brasky]

What if Dr Tiller was performing abortions at 8 months? What if he was performing abortions hours before birth? Would killing him be justified then?

This guy thought he was doing a good thing, righteously executing a "murderer" as taught in the bible.

I'd like to hear from the "eye for an eye" people on this one.

Should the guy who executed Dr Tiller in turn be executed?

The services provided by Tiller are legal, and a private matter between patient and doctor.  

The murderer had no right to do what he did, no matter how idiotic of an argument anyone can construct.  What-if's are hyperbole and unnecessary, and play no part in this.  The facts are the facts, and a logical person will stick to them rather than blur the lines with hypothetical horseshit.  

Yes, the murderer should be executed, as should anyone who murders for religious fanaticism.  

[rookie]

Yes, the murderer should be executed, as should anyone who murders for religious fanaticism.  

make him a martyr?

[Bill Brasky]

What if Dr Tiller was performing abortions at 8 months? What if he was performing abortions hours before birth? Would killing him be justified then?

This guy thought he was doing a good thing, righteously executing a "murderer" as taught in the bible.

I'd like to hear from the "eye for an eye" people on this one.

Should the guy who executed Dr Tiller in turn be executed?

it should be up to the victim and/or the victims family/relatives/associates/acquaintances...

virtually anyone who had a valid current or future claim/contract with the murdered person...

say the doctor had appointments for surgeries that would have paid him a million dollars, thus his estate can claim that amount against the perpetrator...

Save it with the family/contract crap.  

The doctor did not have a million dollars in appointments, his timeframe extends through the next several weeks, thats how abortion works.  This guy wasn't making ten million a year in Kansas.  

If the family had a right to persecute a murderer of a family member, they could get a contract on a family member and let the murderer go.  So, no dice, anarchy-boy.  

[Bill Brasky]

Yes, the murderer should be executed, as should anyone who murders for religious fanaticism.  

make him a martyr?

Whatever.  Call him what you want.  Make him dead, because he has forfeited his right to live and I don't want to pay to house a prisoner for the next forty years and inspire other assholes to pick up his torch without the ultimate penalty.  I say he should be caged and paraded through towns like an animal, then executed on public television. 

[blackie]

At least that guy didn't try to use the guns of government to shut Dr. Tiller down, he used his own.