The Rintrah Perspective

Saying nothing about my opinions about abortion … here is what confounds me about Tiller’s murder. He was in a church, performing duties as an usher, when he was killed by a, presumably, right-wing Christian fundamentalist. Besides the obvious cognitive dissonance required to perform such a violent and barbaric act (i.e. using murder to stop murder), there is another problem. Christians look at the church, I think rightfully so, as a sanctuary and they use it as such. Not only on Sundays but also when people are likely to be deported.

Tiller, no matter what you think about his career or his perspective on life, was in a supposedly safe place. A sanctuary even. And someone else violated that sacred place.

The second thing confuses me greatly is the idea that killing someone ever solves anything. From the small scale (killing an abortion doctor) to the large scale (war).

I have my own perspective on abortion and it is my own. I do not wish to, at this time, discuss it. I only want to know how killing someone solves anything (putting aside whatever procedure or act was performed on an operating table).