CDR: Re: Abortion Assasination Politics likely going to Supremes

[Michael Motyka]

> So when is APster coming out, which lets
> you trade lists of deserving people?
> 
It may actually be extremely difficult to create an APster.

...

The violent anti-abortion movement's method for coping with coexistent
conflicting thoughts and behaviors is a form of dysfunction not unlike
that of a stroke patient who sees himself in a mirror and is unable to
perceive his own paralysis or similar paralysis in others. A moribund
arm can be perceived as functioning normally. A half-paralyzed face can
be perceived as smiling left and right. Amazing. Pathetic.

Or criminal. Were I a doctor I would consider the Nuremberg Files site a
direct and credible threat. The jury decision was the correct one. 

Were the roles swapped and abortion completely outlawed why does it seem
unlikely that the legalize abortion movement would be listing for
termination or firebombing Fundamentalists? Which would you prefer as
your next door neighbor? 

>Tuesday September 12 5:11 AM ET
>     Abortion Web Site Verdict Appealed
>
>     By WILLIAM McCALL, Associated Press Writer 
>
>     PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Anti-abortion activists are
>     asking a federal appeals court to overturn a $109 million
>     verdict by a jury that decided a Web site and posters listing
>     the names of abortion doctors and clinics were threats that
>     went beyond free speech.
>
>     ...
>
>     At issue is a Web site called The Nuremberg Files that listed hundreds of abortion
>     doctors accused of committing crimes against humanity and invited readers to
>     send in doctors addresses, license plate numbers and even the names of their
>     children.
>
>     ...
>
>     Last year, the dozen anti-abortion activists argued the posters and Web site were
>     free speech protected under the First Amendment. Critics called it a hit list.
>
>     The jury was told by U.S. District Judge Robert Jones to consider the history of
>     violence in the anti-abortion movement, including three doctors killed after their
>     names appeared on the lists.
>
>     One was Dr. Barnett Slepian, who was gunned down by a sniper in October 1998 at
>     his home near Buffalo, N.Y. Slepians name was crossed out on The Nuremberg
>     Files Web site later that day.
>
>     ...
>
>     This is a case that is built on history, Kelly said. You have had years of arson,
>     shootings, death threats. How can that context be considered anything but a threat?
>
>     The Georgia computer programmer who ran the Nuremberg Files was not a
>     defendant in the lawsuit. After the verdict, his Internet provider pulled the plug on
>     the site.
>
>     Among the anti-abortion activists appealing the ruling is Michael Bray of Bowie,
>     Md., author of a book that justifies killing doctors to stop abortions. Bray served
>     time in federal prison from 1985 to 1989 for his role in arson attacks and bombings
>     of seven clinics.
>