Jake Blake III
09-13-2003, 06:03 AM
In 1859, John Brown was hung for his deadly raid on Harpers Ferry, WV. On Sept 3 2003, Paul Hill was executed for the murders of Dr.John Britton and retired Lt. Col. James Barrett.
These two cases show how much society has progressed, and yet how far we have to go.
Brown fought for a group that the Supreme Court had ruled was not even worthy to be considered people. By all appearant methods, the United States government in the 1850's had stomped out what few rights blacks slaves hoped to hold on to.
Hill fought likewise for a group the courts have ruled is not human bngs, deserving death at the whims of the irresponsible, the immoral and the uninformed. Just as Brown had felt the government had failed to bring justice to the slaves, so Hill must have felt the government had failed the millions of unborn children murdered every year.
When Brown was put on trial, he was labeled "the old idiot" by a Chicago newspaper. Today, Hill is recving a stronger blow of names, most prominantly "anti choice extremist".
I see Hill as a modern day John Brown. What Brown started with his violence ultimately led to the bloodiest war in American history,out of which the people he fought for were freed. I think we can agree a civil war over abortion probably wont happen, at l not on such a national scale, yet the record shows that 1.4 million children are murdered every year by this "procedure", while only 618,000 Americans died in the civil war.
The Constitution was cited to give slaveholders the right to thr "property", just as the Constitution is cited today to give women the right to "thier bodies". We can all see how the former was absurd logic. Why cant we see the insane in the latter?
Because its all a question of control. Just as slaveholders could wield the law to control thier slaves, "womens rights" groups hold the dark shroud of abortion over the heads of women everywhere. They are not interested in "rights". In fact, its these groups that oppose "right to know" legislation.
If they keep women in the dark about abortions real effects, they can hold on to thier political clout. Mmmm, beeeeer
These two cases show how much society has progressed, and yet how far we have to go.
Brown fought for a group that the Supreme Court had ruled was not even worthy to be considered people. By all appearant methods, the United States government in the 1850's had stomped out what few rights blacks slaves hoped to hold on to.
Hill fought likewise for a group the courts have ruled is not human bngs, deserving death at the whims of the irresponsible, the immoral and the uninformed. Just as Brown had felt the government had failed to bring justice to the slaves, so Hill must have felt the government had failed the millions of unborn children murdered every year.
When Brown was put on trial, he was labeled "the old idiot" by a Chicago newspaper. Today, Hill is recving a stronger blow of names, most prominantly "anti choice extremist".
I see Hill as a modern day John Brown. What Brown started with his violence ultimately led to the bloodiest war in American history,out of which the people he fought for were freed. I think we can agree a civil war over abortion probably wont happen, at l not on such a national scale, yet the record shows that 1.4 million children are murdered every year by this "procedure", while only 618,000 Americans died in the civil war.
The Constitution was cited to give slaveholders the right to thr "property", just as the Constitution is cited today to give women the right to "thier bodies". We can all see how the former was absurd logic. Why cant we see the insane in the latter?
Because its all a question of control. Just as slaveholders could wield the law to control thier slaves, "womens rights" groups hold the dark shroud of abortion over the heads of women everywhere. They are not interested in "rights". In fact, its these groups that oppose "right to know" legislation.
If they keep women in the dark about abortions real effects, they can hold on to thier political clout. Mmmm, beeeeer