She wasn't approving of what these people had done. She knows its wrong. Attempted murder on anyone...whether it be by bombing or not...is wrong. Even if they are doing it because they think they are actually stopping the people doing the murdering. That's the important thing. Now if she had said that it was ok...then yeah...that's a problem. But defining them as a terrorist or not shouldn't mean anything.

Abortion is the problem with it. It's such a touchy subject that many people hold closely to their hearts and values...that's what makes the answer so difficult.

I don't consider them terrorists like i said before.... but i can see why others would.

Originally posted by David9176

What do i consider someone who bombs an abortion clinic? A person attempting murder. Not a terrorist act.

so if the buildings empty and i blow it up it isnt murder, and it isnt terrorism woohoo lets all go blow up abortion clinics and get a fine for littering or maybe criminal damage -_-

Originally posted by noobfun

Originally posted by David9176

What do i consider someone who bombs an abortion clinic? A person attempting murder. Not a terrorist act.

so if the buildings empty and i blow it up it isnt murder, and it isnt terrorism woohoo lets all go blow up abortion clinics and get a fine for littering or maybe criminal damage -_-

So, you kill pregnant women, shoot up a house killing the family inside. You blow up a hospital killing dozens inside, incite fear, terrorize people, hate America, but you're not a terrorist because you vote Republican? Yeah, makes perfect sense. As long as I vote Republican I guess I can nuke San Fransico. Actually, if McCain/Palin win they'd probably give me medals for killing so many homosexuals and blacks and Asians and other people they don't agree with.

The Idea of Terrorism is using Terrorism to instill fear in your enemies.

So yes this can be considered Terrorism.

They are terrorist. A normal citizen does not go around blowing up buildings of things they don't agree with. Picketing in front of a Planned Parenthood is a protest, blowing up a Planned Parenthood is terrorism.

Those that keep complaining it's a gotcha question, may not realize that is what reporters are suppose to do. They are not suppose to give softball fluff questions like they did post 9/11 or use the interview to criticize another candidate. They are suppose to ask hard hitting questions of the person being interviewed. Questions America voters want asked. Questions that reveal the true person behind the facade.

People BOMB clinics in order to create fear. They want people to be afraid to go there. That's also part of the goals of gathering large protest crowds outside, to attempt to humilate and intimidate anyone who might go to an abortion clinic.

If the goal were simply to kill the doctors and/or clinic workers, they'd be using guns. Though this too is a form of intimidation and fear tactics.

How could anyone call Ayers a terrorist and yet give violent abortion clinic murders a different label when both agendas were to 'terrorize' and create fear?

There is no denying that she did not want to label abortion bombers as terrorists. Take that how you like. One mans terrorist is another mans patriot.
His question was a brilliant one and nailed the issues. He triped her up into spilling who she really is inside. She caught herself but too late. Don't fool yourself and be a sheeple. She said exactly what she felt inside. She is scary.

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So stopping mass murder is not heroic? Killing Hitler before he took office would have saved millions............How about killing Stalin..........more millions saved..........america dropped the atom bomb on japan to stop the killing of millions during the upcoming invasion........which is worse?

Does she consider those crazy muslims in Iraq who blow themselves up everyday to be terrorists???

It is the same thing here, of course those abortion clinic bombers were terrorists. Isn't Timothy McVeigh branded a terrorist???

I don't even like to think about the American elections.
What a state of affairs.
She's got a good chance at being the next president- A thought which is both disturbing, and disgusting.
How did that country get to be in such a state?

I'm glad I live in Canada- But it won't be long before they drag us down with them.

Was the Olympic Park bombing in '96 a terrorist act? Eric Rudolph was deemed responsible for that. He was also held responsible for several abortion clinic bombings. I don't think anybody could seriously or truthfully dispute that Eric Rudolph is a domestic terrorist. So, domestic terrorists carry out abortion clinic bombings, at least one of them did. Let's stop trying to split partisan hairs here, people.

If 'abortion clinic' was replaced with 'school' or 'church', would we be having any debate?

Would her answer not be seen as innapropriate by all of us?

Somewhere up the page someone mentioned that killing those commited mass murder would be heroic. Here we go:

Originally posted by heliosprime
So stopping mass murder is not heroic?

Well, our foreign policy, at this moment, is responsible for hundreds of thousands of innocent deaths...so in order to stop that we should...what?

And Hitler, hell, we could have killed the guy who decided he didn't have what it took to be in art school and maybe we could have replaced WWII with some pretty water colors.

Please, citing Hitler is more of a cop out then the quoted bit above.