Anti-Abortion Extremist Taunts His Victims From Prison...

is currently serving a life sentence for pulling off a series of bombings across the South. His sentence is being served out at the "Supermax" penitentiary in Florence, Colorado; the most secure federal prison in the nation.
Yet, Rudolph is still able to taunt family members of his victims despite little to no access to the outside world.

He has no computer, no Internet; the only contact he has is in the form of writing letters.
"'He's still sending out harassing communication. He's still hurting us,' Lyons said.

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"In one piece, Rudolph seeks to justify violence against abortion clinics by arguing that Jesus would condone 'militant action in defense of the innocent.'"
"Rudolph recalls how Emily Lyons, in court, described the pain of her injuries and made an obscene gesture at Rudolph as she showed off a finger mangled by the blast. Rudolph writes: "It was a great speech and one that the denizens of freedom should be proud to enshrine in a museum somewhere.

Perhaps they could put it next to MLKs `I Have a Dream.' They could call it `I Have a Middle Finger.'"
Of course, since Rudolph isn't actually do anything "wrong" they can do nothing about it.

Yet victims of Rudolph's bombs are asking something be done to stop him from writing and publishing these pieces. Lyons contends that while he does not check the website these items are posted on, he is fearful that the existence of this website could incite more anti-abortion views leading to more hatred and violence.
It's stories like these that make me wonder if maybe there should be some sort of monitoring system set up over the Internet.

But, then again, why should the rest of us lose our Freedom of Speech just because this one asshole is hiding behind his Freedom of Speech?

I had to research the group last term for a paper (I posted it here as well) and what truly amazes me is that most of the attacks carried out throughout the 80s and 90s were mostly by those who claimed membership in the Army of God.

Their literature is truly disturbing, as is their idolization of people like Rudolph...

and yet the US largely ignores them and has not tagged the AoG as a terrorist organization. Doesn't make much sense to me.
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

" George Elliot
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle

LOL, we're so interested in "outside" threats; we only care about the terrorists living outside of the United States rather than trying to fight the terrorists that live here on U.

S. soil.
Out of sight, out of mind; that's been our philosophy for years.

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