jjc
03-Sep-03, 19:34
Paul Hill is to set to be executed in the US today for killing Dr John Britton and his driver/bodyguard, James Barrett, with a shotgun outside the abortion clinic where Dr Britton practiced.
There is no question as to his guilt; in fact he seems quite proud of what he has done. On his website there is an article in which he boasts of planning the murder whilst on an outing with his wife and three children and goes on to detail the murder itself.
I'm not sure what I disapprove of more; the horrendous actions of this man (and I use the word 'man' loosely in this case), or the media coverage of his press conference yesterday in which he looked forward to 'a great reward in heaven' and suggested that others have a moral obligation to follow his lead.
Making a martyr out of this man may be unavoidable, but as far as I am concerned he gave up his right to an audience for his sick beliefs when he shot Dr Britton, walked over to where he lay dying on the concrete outside his workplace, and shot him five more times. Let him say whatever he wants to the walls of his cell, but should he really be given a microphone and a television camera so that he can spread his twisted sense of God's will to those who would take up his cause?
Also, and I ask this as a male member of the species, has anybody else noticed that the lunatics who seem to be ready to kill and maim in a protest against abortion always seem to be men? Why is that?
There is no question as to his guilt; in fact he seems quite proud of what he has done. On his website there is an article in which he boasts of planning the murder whilst on an outing with his wife and three children and goes on to detail the murder itself.
I'm not sure what I disapprove of more; the horrendous actions of this man (and I use the word 'man' loosely in this case), or the media coverage of his press conference yesterday in which he looked forward to 'a great reward in heaven' and suggested that others have a moral obligation to follow his lead.
Making a martyr out of this man may be unavoidable, but as far as I am concerned he gave up his right to an audience for his sick beliefs when he shot Dr Britton, walked over to where he lay dying on the concrete outside his workplace, and shot him five more times. Let him say whatever he wants to the walls of his cell, but should he really be given a microphone and a television camera so that he can spread his twisted sense of God's will to those who would take up his cause?
Also, and I ask this as a male member of the species, has anybody else noticed that the lunatics who seem to be ready to kill and maim in a protest against abortion always seem to be men? Why is that?