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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
D'accord. I am not fully convinced that hate-crime legislation is a good idea, though I tend to lean that way. I do find it a little odd, though, that some of the folks on the other side of this one really don't see that a crime committed against a victim solely on the basis of his race (for example) affects the social fabric in a different way than another crime.
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which hurts society more-
Man kill child walking home from school-
white man kills black gay guy walking home from bar-
There are all sorts of murders for all sorts of reason- they're not equally bad or equally harmful but catagories are tough to draw.