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i have always been against the very idea of a "HATE CRIME" law.
a crime is a crime, regardless of motivation. To punish people for whatever (albeit sick and twisted) belief caused them to commit a crime, such as assult, murder, rape, etc., is to punish THOUGHT.
a person who burns a cross on someone's l;awn can eb charged with trespassing, reckless endangerment, etc, ACTUAL CRIMES, but "hate crime laws" will try to charge this person with "hating blacks", which is his or her right to do no matter how asinine or ridiculous it may be.
the thought police are here people.
the very idea of "hate crimes" implies that a crime is eomehow worse because of one's feelings. how is a crime deemed LESS reprehensible because the crimina was not a racist, or a mysoginist, or a gay-basher, etc? How does that make a victim feel?
think about it.
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