In free speech. If we smother it, then the real violence begins. Then it's not a handful of fanatics who take up the gun, but a legion of decent people forbidden to give voice to the words in their souls. I've seen the letter Dr. Slepian wrote four years ago to this paper. It's not easy to disagree with a man whose convictions cost him his life.
Twisted minds find their own justification.
The words can come from an obscure biblical verse or the side of a Campbell's Soup can. The line is from Plato, the Greek philosopher repelled by violence. There are millions of people that didn't think that Slepian, or anyone, has the right to terminate a pregnancy. They believe, millions of them, that abortion is wrong. Just as the assassin does.