Now what is the most dangerous weapon ever used in assaulting the safety
and rights of free citizens? Is it a 303? Is it a 30 ought six? Is it a psycopath
carrying HIV? Is it he hydrogen bomb? Actually, Christopher, it is none of
these. I think you know what the mist dangerous weapon is, in the
commission of an offence. Oh, yes--you know: It is an ugly vicious mind filed
with hate.
I find this not up to your usual standard.
Not to minimize the evils of hatred, but if I were given the choice of facing two robbers, one armed with an ugly vicious mind filled with hate and one armed with a 30 ought six, I would choose the hate guy in a microsecond.
Then, you fail to distinguish between hate for an individual as an individual person, and hate for an individual as a member of a class. If a man comes to hate his wife, and his hatred drives him to kill her, he doesn't get a sentence enhancement for a hate crime. But if he hates all jews and a jew moves in next door and he kills her because she's a jew, under your rules he gets a sentence enhancement.
Maybe that works for you. But I don't see why his wife's life gets less respect from the law than a stranger's life does. |
