But, "dead is dead", and it _shouldn't_ have an effect on the way it is punished. Fuck 'em both.
It certainly shouldn't be ok for the "defense", as it seems to be right now, to claim: "I was afraid. he was black. can't blame me for shooting him". If the race of the dude who was shot IS relevant, then in THIS case, according to THESE particular state laws, it might very well prove to be the mitigating factor to prevent any charges at all. It's a two sided coin. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I can't quite agree with you there, Cam. I've known people who started > fights because they were drunk and had a chip on their shoulder and > I've known people who started fights because the other person was gay > or the wrong race. The first situation is motivated by stupidity and > the second is motivated by hate. Having known drunk idiots and having > known Skinheads (obviously those two categories are not mutually > exclusive), I'd say that I'd rather see the Skinheads punished more > severely. There is something fundamentally odious about attacking > someone because of their skin color or their sexuality and those > reasons are intrinsically intertwined with social behavior. I think we > need to acknowledge that and specifically call out the hate in these > crimes, label it and say "this shit has got to stop". > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348920 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
