Digger's Doings

Exhausting!

     For those of you who might not have checked the site recently, Randall Terry has updated his "Identity Theft" website with lengthy defenses by both him and others of his actions in regards to the name Operation Rescue. This "sequel" to the first 21-page diatribe weighs in at 39 pages and is an almost line-by-line refutation of a letter sent by Troy Newman last November in regards to the OR XX event in Philadelphia.

     Terry takes a caustic approach which he uses the Scriptures to justify. He hones in on every statement he finds in Newman's letter and, to his credit, raises some legitimate issues of contradictions in Newman's "timeline". However, he comes off as such an arrogant ass that he defeats his own purpose in trying to win people over to his point of view. Sad, really...he wants people (including his four children) to understand why Newman was wrong to trademark the OR name and why he himself is not guilty of the many accusations made against him.. Yet he paints a picture of himself as the sole reason why Operation Rescue enjoyed the success it did in it heyday and as superior to certain others who might also be engaged in pro-life work.

     In hte end, he concludes that the "Cannibals" who oppose him do so for one reason - because he got divorced. He expresses his digust with the way his marital woes were and are still the subject of much scrutiny and promises yet another sequel in which he will explain the circumstances behind the failure of his first marriage, his divorce and his second marriage the following year.

     Personally, I think this would be a huge mistake on his part. The first Mrs. Terry has, thus far, refused to comment on the end of their marriage from her perspective. A lengthy dissertation of their marriage from Randall's hand might provoke her to break her silence in the interest of "setting the record straight".

     Also, even though Terry refutes the notion that he engaged in any sort of "immoral conduct" with other women while still married to his first wife, all it would take is for one woman to come forward and say she have an encounter with him. Even if she just said something to the effect of "he made a pass at me", whether true or not, it would greatly damage his credibility.

     Are these risks he wants to take? Obviously, Terry has become a man obsessed with addressing all the wrongs laid at his feet. I say this because his writings are stemming from what was initially a desire to simply gain trademark access to the name "Operation Rescue". Rather than quietly letting the courts make their determination in this case, he has decided to try all those who oppose him for any reason whatsoever in the court of public opinion.

     While Newman and White are clearly in his crosshairs, please note that Flip Benham is singled out by one of Terry's defenders. Benham had best consider what he is saying on the OSA website because, if Newman and White go down, Flip (whom Terry once called 'Judas') will be quick to follow.