Hate crime is a term which covers a VERY wide range of actions. Someone calling another a racial slur is considered a hate crime. A swastika painted on a door is a hate crime. A burning cross is a hate crime. A trainload of people killed by a suicide bomber is far more than just a hate crime, it's a terrorist attack. I think the difference is apparent.
Unfortunately, the methodology used to get those statistics is not available so we have no clue as to where they drew their lines for hate crimes. If the methodology says that they are only counting hate crimes that resulted in one or more deaths, then I'll consider the cases anywhere near the same. Everyone hates. Some people act on their hate. Fewer people kill for their hate. Even fewer mass murder for their hate. Does everyone mass murder for their hate? Does anyone who committed a crime on that list? On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Scale. > > And if we assume that the 2007 statistics continue a trend, over the last > 10 years there have been far more victims of hate related crimes that > terrorism in the United States alone. > > So you were saying about scale? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291918 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
