[rockabyebaby]

Hate crimes??? Isn't EVERY crime a hate crime, I am soooooo sick of every minority having their own set of rules.

[mn-bush-man]

Yeah, all other crimes are: "I LOVE YOU, MAN!!" as the knife is being rammed into the victim's chest for the 12th time.

Good grief!

[ChiMark]

you slipped! Thinking of gay as a minority with special rights
leaps the fact that homo behavior is an act not a seperate characteristic. Unfortunately our cowardly congress is marching us toward soddam.

If I state that I believe homosexuality to be abnormal and an abomination can I be jailed for hate speech?
If I say a two parent heterosexual marriage is superior for raising children can I be jailed?

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[Txsleuth]

I hate most of the House of Representatives, NOW---

do they qualify?????

[va4me]

Hate crimes??? Isn't EVERY crime a hate crime, I am soooooo sick of every minority having their own set of rules.

A hate crime by definition is one designed to influence a group of people. If I kill a person because they are black, it's a hate crime because it's supposed to send fear to all members of the black community.

I disagree with the idea of "hate crimes", but that is what the intent of the law is all about.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"Isn't EVERY crime a hate crime"

No. Some crimes are motivated by cold blooded greed-- which can appear even more demented, IMHO. I think that a white man who kills for a pair of shoes should be put to death just as quickly as a black man who wants to 'kill whitey'.

Lust may also be involved. A pervert rapes a little girl and kills her to keep from being caught. That is far worse than a black man 'killing whitey'. The pervert, out to save his scaly hide and molest again: such a creep should be castrated, and then cauterized to stop the bleeding-- without medical assistance or anesthesia-- three days before his scheduled execution.

I'm not out the punish the Black Panthers any more than any other criminal. But a little consistency would be nice, too. Illegal aliens who murder in the US need to be executed, PERIOD! NO EXCUSES. The UN needs to pay more attention to Mugabe and worry a lot less about murderers' rights.

But of course, it's not the Black Panthers who were targeted. It's the group that kills less per million being targeted, of course.

[Free Baptist]

I am sick of the sodomites being spoken of as if they were a natural minority. They are an UNnatural minority who choose their sin and their death-style.

[lndrvr1972]

You are right, I have never smacked anyone to say hello.