Pardon My Rant! ...on the Usual Rhetoric...

I haven't ranted in a while, but couldn't resist this one. Pardon while I purge myself of a bit of frustration....

LifeNews.com reported the following story today about a young man in Austin, Texas who planted a homemade bomb at an abortion clinic....

Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) -- A Texas man who unsuccessfully tried to set off a bomb at an Austin abortion business was indicted on the charges on Tuesday. A federal grand jury indicted 27 year-old Paul Evans on five criminal counts that U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton said could result in the suspect spending the rest of his life in jail. (For the complete story go to LifeNews.com.)

As tragic as this story is, I see nothing but the usual rhetoric in the discussions reported. The pro-abortion/pro-choice side presents themselves the innocent victims "living in fear." The pro-life side distances themselves by denying that this man acted in any way according to their practice of "peaceful legal activities."

Has anyone stopped to ask Mr. Evans why he would do such a thing? Has anyone considered him in this scenario at all? Do we merely write him off as an extremist or insane? Surely he must be both to perpetrate such a heinous act!

But I have another theory we should consider.

Is it possible that this young man was (initially) the victim? Did he have a girlfriend or wife that aborted without considering his wishes or respecting the fact that this was his child? Did his girlfriend go to the clinic for "counseling" only to be pushed through the system? Was she "counseled" that their child was merely a blob of tissue, while simultaneously feeding on her fears and doubts?

Has anyone thought to ask this young, 27-year-old man what motivated him to commit a crime that would most likely result in his being imprisoned for the rest of his natural life?

Now I don't know Mr. Evans and I certainly don't condone what he did. He could well have been brain-washed in some extremist religious cult in the hill country of Austin. He could merely be insane. But I think what is important here is that we stop the usual rhetoric and recognize the possibility that this man may have been retaliating for the loss of his child to the hands of that abortion clinic. Why is this such a stretch? Why do we not consider the fathers that lose their children to abortion without having any legal right to protect or parent their child? Yet we are quick to chastise those fathers that abandon their financial responsibilities to their children who live. Does no one else see the inequity of our mindset, of our system?

We have got to begin to change the way we think and talk about these situations. We have got to consider the victims of abortion that have not been readily recognized as yet -- the fathers of the babies, the mothers whose parents take them to have abortions against their will, the grandparents whose grandchildren are stolen from them by abortion...and the list goes on.

As long as we keep doing the same things the same way, repeating the same rhetoric over and over nothing will change. Isn't that the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. We can begin to change the way abortion is perceived if we begin to speak words of compassion and understanding, recognizing the other victims of abortion. How else will the truth get out?

PS: Thanks to LifeNews.com for reporting these stories!