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SteveC
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2009-04-03, 09:52

The truth is stranger than scripture.

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Friday April 03, 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A bill in the Oklahoma Legislature would allow pregnant women to use deadly force in order to save the lives of their babies.

The bill stems from a Michigan case where a woman who was carrying quadruplets stabbed and killed her boyfriend after he hit her in the stomach. The woman lost the babies and was convicted of manslaughter.

Oklahoma lawmakers said they want to make sure that a woman can legally protect her unborn child.

"Unfortunately, we feel we need legislation like this," said Rep. Mike Thompson. "What we want to make sure is that a woman feels safe and secure defending herself and her unborn child against any attacker."

http://www.koco.com/cnn-news/19082604/detail.html
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Think about this for a second. All a pregnant woman has to do is say she was being attacked, and she can kill anybody she wants, at least in the state of Oklahoma.

In the case this law was based on, the woman killed her assailant. If she hadn't killed him, he could have been held for assault. The manslaughter charge should be brought to investigate what occurred; the manslaughter conviction should be based on the circumstances of the case. The purpose of courts is to apply justice, not apply summary justice, which is what this law does.

I suppose a law like this was inevitable. We have laws that make people automatically guilty, so it is only fitting to have the opposite extreme, where they are automatically innocent. We have copied yet another page from Draconian law and stepped further into the abyss.

There is a LOT of double-think and newspeak in the full article, but I especially like Rep. Thompson's comment: 'we want to make sure a woman feels safe and secure defending herself and her unborn child against an attacker.' LOL There is nothing like that 'safe and secure' feeling while being attacked!

Imagine a world where the government does not try to prevent crime between citizens, but instead encourages lethal force! Well, imagine no more. It's here.

And what about protecting the children after they are born? Can a Soccer Mom kill anybody, too? Misogynists beware. The woman can strike back. Woman really have achieved full equality with men in America.

Of course, the Oklahoma legislature is composed primarily of men. I guess kissing babies, shaking hands and living off taxing the young 'uns wasn't enough, they want to get credit for saving their lives, too. How long until they issue a medal to a mother who killed the father?

It makes Cain and Abel seem quaint, when you could have Eve kill Adam instead. The truth is stranger than scripture.
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