On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Chris Gehlker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jul 9, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Charles Bennett wrote: > >> <http://www.ohio.com/news/50172282.html> > > > I don't understand the whole hate crimes thing. If somebody beats me > up should it matter whether he is gay and hates me for being straight > or a mobster who objects to the fact that I didn't pay protection? > > I'm so naive that I think justice is when the punishment fits the > crime. I don't see how the racial, religious, gender or sexual > orientation of either the victim or the perpetrator com into It sends a message that doing this because, say someone is black or a Jew, will not be tolerated. If you are in a situation where racism could prevent normal prosecution this is important. > _______________________________________________ing > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
