Reader of the Week/ Mail Bag

The Daily Dissidence would like to thank all of its readers for their support; without your interest, the DD would be a real waste of energy.

This week's reader of the week is Suzanne, from Ontario, Canada. Her interests include the anti-choice movement, church history, and conservative politics. Thanks for the interest in my blog and your readership.

She's also left some questions in the mailbag, which I'll now take the time to answer. In a response to my post on abortion rights in Canada, she's asked why I have used the word unborn in quotations, and if I have numbers or a percentage of the anti-choice movement who supports murdering abortion providers.

To answer the first question, unborn was used in quotations because people speak of the unborn as if they are rights bearing beings. That is false, and the quotes were used to highlight the silly opinion of the unborn as something living. Life, after all, begins at birth.

Secondly, no, I don't have numbers to provide you to justify the use of 'many,' but I do have some stories I'd like to share.

James Kopp, who has been convicted of murdering Dr. Slepian, is also suspected in the shootings of Dr. Garson Romalis, Dr. Hugh Short, and Dr. Jack Fainman. He recieved help while on the run from activists Loretta Marra and Dennis Malvasi, who were convicted for helping Kopp to evade justice.

Paul Jennings was commited of murdering Dr. John Britton and James Barrett.

Michael F. Griffin was commited of murdering Dr. Paul Gunn.

John Salvi murdered two receptionists at a Massachusets clinic.

In a series of bombings, Eric Rudolph killed three people, and injured 150 others.

I'll also direct my readers to the Army of God, who "assert that if Michael Griffin did in fact kill David Gunn, his use of lethal force was justifiable provided it was carried out for the purpose of defending the lives of unborn
children. Therefore, he ought to be acquitted of the charges against him." Yikes. They also proclaim "the justice of taking all godly action necessary to defend innocent human life including the use of force," and add that "whatever force is legitimate to defend the life of a born child is legitimate to defend the life of an unborn
child. " That's some harsh stuff.

Like they say, two's company; three's a crowd. Does my word choice of 'many' fit? I'd say so.

Agains, thanks for the readership folks.