On Jul 9, 2009, at 9:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > think these kind of laws first appeared when it was clear that > people were not being charged by local authorities for things like > lynchings, etc. The federal hate crime laws gave the FBI or Dept of > Justice to get involved and prosecute people for things that local > authorities wouldn't. That's why I agree in spirit with people who > say that there is no need for hate crimes laws, but in practice I can > see why they exist.
That's a good explanation. Thanks Mike. _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
