On Jul 9, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Arno Hautala wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 20:11, LuKreme<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The reasoning is that a crime that is motivated via hate toward a >> minority group is a greater crime than one that is not. A hate crime >> is a crime against a person AND a crime against society at large. > > Isn't every crime one against society? Someone stating that they > aren't going to play by the rules of society; that they're more > important than the concerns of others. In addition, the victims of > violent crime typically spread much further than the individuals > against which the crime was directed.
I'm with Arno here. I googled "why are hate crimes worse than regular crimes" and got a lot of hits but nothing that appeared to be a reasoned answer to the question. People who support hate crimes legislation don't seem to feel compelled to explain their reasoning. A lot of people seem to share my confusion. Unless they give the feds a means to prosecute criminals that would otherwise be given a pass, they don't seem to make sense. _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
