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- What is the justification for increased penalties for 'hate crimes'? Why should an assault motivated by greed incur a lesser sentence than one motivated by the victim's race or religion? To me, the only mitigating factor that should be reasonably recognized is premeditation; eg. accidental vehicular homocide vs. a planned murder. The idea of 'hate crime' smacks awefully close to Orwell's concept of 'thought crime' in my book.
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Name : Jeff-E, Gender : M, Age : 37, City : Redondo Beach, State : CA Country : United States,Recent news events have proven the hypocritical basis for hate crime legislation. The dragging death of Mr. Byrd in Jasper, Texas was instantly labeled a hate crime. However, just a few days ago, a similar incident occurred. This latest incident received perhaps two minutes of news time.The case: a man on a South Dakota Indian reservation was beaten and left for dead with a rope around his neck and his ears missing after being dragged around a field by the rope. The man's face was kicked in by steel-toe boots and he could barely be identified when found. The catch? The victim was white, and the assaulters are American Indians. Unlike the Jasper case, authorities trying to label this a hate crime are getting heavy resistance. Even the county commissioner is attempting to blame this on 'alcohol and dope'. Never mind that the assertion is racist...it is a blatant attempt to keep this anti-white crime from being labeled a hate crime.
So how can anyone tell me that these laws are fair and just? They are not even applied equally! Both incidents are nearly identical, but the press coverage and the outrage by advocates of hate crime legislation are utterly absent from the South Dakota case. If the hate crime laws were truly in place to protect every citizen from this kind of biased assault, then why are the local authorities meeting resistance? Therein lies the hyprocisy.
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Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
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