A hate crime is no worse for the victim than a similar crime committed out of avarice or envy, but it's arguably worse for society as a whole.
I disagree strongly. Murder is murder. Rape is Rape. Arson is Arson. If all hate crimes suddenly stopped, but the level of regular crime increased until the crime rate was pretty much on its regular course, I fail to see how this would make us a better society.
I don't give a fuck WHY someone did it. If they committed murder one, there's nothing they can give as a reason that I would accept as a legally valid excuse. There's no reason to differentiate between "I did it cuz I hates n*ggers" and "I did it cuz his moustache made me angry."
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Date: 2007-05-07 04:10 pm (UTC)I disagree strongly. Murder is murder. Rape is Rape. Arson is Arson. If all hate crimes suddenly stopped, but the level of regular crime increased until the crime rate was pretty much on its regular course, I fail to see how this would make us a better society.
I don't give a fuck WHY someone did it. If they committed murder one, there's nothing they can give as a reason that I would accept as a legally valid excuse. There's no reason to differentiate between "I did it cuz I hates n*ggers" and "I did it cuz his moustache made me angry."