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

Eric Rudolph 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."

Many of his essays are showing up on the Internet thanks to a supporter of Rudolph's who maintains the Army of God web site (Rudolph claimed to represent this same group in the letters he sent after the bombs).

"In one piece, Rudolph seeks to justify violence against abortion clinics by arguing that Jesus would condone 'militant action in defense of the innocent.'"

And other essays point out specific victims and continue to mock and taunt them:

"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?