[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [Peace] Re: Memorial in Champaign-Urbana
this Saturday for Dr. Tiller?
E. Wayne Johnson
ewj at pigs.ag
Tue Jun 2 18:08:05 CDT 2009
Those of us who think that Abortion is wrong,
and in many ways worse than plain old ordinary murder,
would also lament that this executioner was killed in this way.
We should not condone the violence done to Dr. Tiller anymore than
we ought to condone the violence done to his innocent victims.
Perhaps he wasn't a really bad man, just a misguided fellow doing a job.
We ought not analogize him with a contract killer. The law doesnt
seem to forbid what he did and that makes it alright, or so it seems.
So the "violent do not die a natural death". Lao Zi claimed that fact was
already an ancient truth in his time. And so it went with Dr. Tiller.
Interesting that he felt the need to attend church, but was betrayed,
inasmuch
as the "church" he attended was lax in ministering the truth that should
have caused
Tiller to awaken and turn away from his murderous profession. Maybe he
was unlucky,
that next week's sermon would have been just the one he needed. Maybe
the truth
was only available on occasional Sundays, and no one warned Tiller or
pointed out the
schedule. Perhaps the schedule is not normally publicized, and the
laity is left with the
puzzle of sorting it out. No use to spoon-feed or force-feed truth.
After all, the ministers
do have a church to run, ya know.
Tiller's murderer is hardly a hero. We reserve such honours for those
who are
thwarting terrorists in the sands of far-off foreign lands. But I am
wondering if maybe
the guy who "picks up where Tiller left off" might decide to look over
his shoulder
every now and then, and wonder if it is worth it, and some how a baby
slips through
the cracks, and is spared from paying the ultimate price for someone
else's error.
What now?
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On 6/2/2009 5:19 PM, Stuart Laird wrote:
> Prayer vigil? Given that Dr. Tiller was killed while attending
> church, I assume he was a religious person, and if someone wants to
> organize a prayer event, that's fine I guess. Many of Dr. Teller's
> supporters are nonreligious persons, and I'd hope that anything that
> AWARE sponsors would focus on the aspects of Tiller's life that we can
> all agree on: keeping abortion safe, legal, and accessible and
> rallying in support of the brave physicians who risk their lives to
> keep places like PPECI open as full service women's health clinics.
>
> $0.02
>
> - Stuart
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Rachel Storm* <rachelstrm at gmail.com <mailto:rachelstrm at gmail.com>>
> Date: Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:41 PM
> Subject: [Peace] Re: Memorial in Champaign-Urbana this Saturday for
> Dr. Tiller?
> To: hault2 at uiuc.edu <mailto:hault2 at uiuc.edu>, "Hann, Lena"
> <lenah at ppil.org <mailto:lenah at ppil.org>>, Lena Hann
> <lena.hann at gmail.com <mailto:lena.hann at gmail.com>>
> Cc: amasong_singers at lists.amasong.org
> <mailto:amasong_singers at lists.amasong.org>, Sarah Rasmusson
> <sarahrasmusson at yahoo.com <mailto:sarahrasmusson at yahoo.com>>,
> lefortune at gmail.com <mailto:lefortune at gmail.com>,
> peace at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace at lists.chambana.net>,
> lreagan at uiuc.edu <mailto:lreagan at uiuc.edu>, srasmus3 at uiuc.edu
> <mailto:srasmus3 at uiuc.edu>, pmorey at illinois.edu
> <mailto:pmorey at illinois.edu>, wantland at illinois.edu
> <mailto:wantland at illinois.edu>, Paula A Treichler <ptreich at gmail.com
> <mailto:ptreich at gmail.com>>
>
>
> /I am writing this e-mail in response to an e-mail sent from local
> artist and reproductive justice advocate Heather Ault, whose e-mail
> you should be able to access below for reference./
>
> Dear Heather and Everyone,
>
> I, too, was shocked and devastated by the death of Dr. George Tiller
> and am so happy to know that you're interested in organizing something
> in his honor. I've copied your e-mail along with this one to Lena
> Hann, Education Programs Coordinator at Planned Parenthood and would
> love to help organize a prayer vigil. I haven't heard of something
> already underway, but perhaps Lena could let us know of whether
> Planned Parenthood would be a great site for the vigil--and I think it
> would!
>
> I'll be forwarding this message around and looking forward to
> organizing something for this Saturday. (I should also mention that a
> friend of mine and my partner Michael's was just pronounced terminally
> ill and has only a few short days to live. Because of this, I may be
> out of town, but I will certainly do all I can to make the vigil
> happen-- even if I cannot be present.)
>
> Let's open up a dialogue here about where, when, and how we can honor
> Dr. George Tiller.
>
> In peace,
> Rachel Storm
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Heather Ault <hault2 at uiuc.edu
> <mailto:hault2 at uiuc.edu>> wrote:
>
> Hello friends,
>
> I'm curious if you might be interested in organizing a prayer
> vigil this
> Saturday at 10am, the time of Dr. Tiller's funeral? Or, perhaps there
> are efforts already underway? I'm thinking that outside of Planned
> Parenthood might be a great place to hold the event. Rachel has been
> working there as an intern, and might have some ideas.
>
> This is a really important time to rally together the reproductive
> rights supporters in our community and support our local Planned
> Parenthood! Rachel works there as an intern, and I'm sure will
> have some
> ideas. Looking forward to doing what we can do.
>
> Here's a list of other events that happened on Monday night....
> http://www.feministing.com/archives/015748.html
>
> And, an article with the time of his funeral...
> http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/46727532.html
>
> Looking forward to hearing what you all think. Or, of others people I
> can connect with. If you are busy or out of town, please send
> along your
> great ideas!
>
> In solidarity,
> Heather
>
> ...
> Heather Ault
> MFA Candidate, School of Art and Design
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
> www.heatherault.org <http://www.heatherault.org>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Rachel Storm, Transnational Gender Politics
> WIMSE Program Assistant
> Forte International Exchange Local Representative
>
>
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