Re: What is the point of hate laws?

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 <neogenesisfool@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Hate crime laws were established to protect the downtrodden different
>from the massively racist society of the U.S., or at least that's what
>they want you to think. They serve to show that all Americans deserve
>justice but some deserve more than others. When people assault and
>murder each other it's alway a hate crime. I don't think someone who
>was particularly fond of me would mug me and beat me up. Hate crime
>legislation wouldn't be too horrible if it only allowed the judge to
>extend a sentence but in many states it requires that he do so.

Tell it to the Tutsis.
-- 
Ken McVay                                      http://www.nizkor.org

God grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
     the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to
                                                tell the difference.