May Dr. George Tiller NOT Rest in Peace

By now, most conscious people are aware of the mindless execution of Dr. George Tiller, allegedly by Scott Philip Roeder. Tiller was shot to death while serving as an usher inside Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas on Sunday, May 31st.

The proper reactions at this point after this reprehensible act of ultimate violence would be to extend one’s deepest sympathies to his family and friends, which I do, and to say the usual, may Tiller rest in peace, which I cannot bring myself to do.

That sentiment or, more precisely lack of sentiment, in itself would appear to be reprehensible but it is defensible.

Senseless murder can never be condoned and before anyone alleges that capital punishment is murder let’s make it clear that such executions are both legal and anything but senseless. The escape two days earlier by two convicted murderers from an Arkansas prison represents further testimony for the necessity of capital punishment. By now, they could be replicating more capital murders.

The murder of Tiller in his church by a crazed fool can never be condoned under any circumstances. If his killer felt he was following God’s will, he is an even greater fool since the murder will undoubtedly redound against the pro-life, right to life movement and provide fodder for abortionists to claim we who are pro-life are no better than they.

Equally idiotic are those who would suggest Tiller’s murder was an act of justifiable homicide because of the doctor’s practice of terminating innocent lives in late-term abortions.

As sick as those actions are, to kill such practitioners–and he was only one of two doctors in the country who performed such abortions–is never justifiable in a nation committed to the rule of law. To defend Tiller’s death as justifiable is to invite vigilantism and chaos.

Roeder’s motives are still unclear but whatever they are, and if he is duly tried and convicted, he should be put to death for his actions. Twenty-four hours later, police have not connected him with any anti-abortion groups, most of which have expressed their shock and regret over the heinous crime.

That said, in defense of my personal inability to hope Tiller rests in peace, I could no more extend that wish than a Jewish individual could hope that the Nazi “Angel of Death,” Dr. Josef Mengele, rests peacefully in the hereafter. If any Jews are capable of that, I can only say they are exceedingly magnanimous and forgiving, much moreso than I.

Mengele may have been responsible for the torture and death of thousands at Auschwitz. Tiller bragged of having performed over 60,000 abortions at his “clinic,” mostly late term abortions killing viable, near-birth, fully-formed victims, some performed on girls who were minors.

For doubters as to the extent of Tiller’s “terminations,” a recording in which he proudly admits to that 60,000 number can be found here, among other abortion facts relating to his death clinic’s activities: http://www.dr-tiller.com/biography.htm.