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To: Dayuhan who wrote (8740)	7/18/2000 10:37:44 AM
From: donjuan_demarco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

Steven, re basis on the assessment of threat: If the these insane laws are passed on the assessment of threat, then they are doubly insane, and the law is an ass. Who is subject to a greater threat of violence .. a white person walking through Anacostia or a black person walking through Georgetown?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (8740)	7/18/2000 10:46:31 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9127

Hate crime legislation, by it's very nature, implies that existing laws are inadequate in the protection of specific groups of individuals. (Otherwise, there would be no perceived need to specifically single out a group for protection.) I hope we can agree on this at least. I fail to see how existing murder statutes fail to protect gays from being murdered any more than non-gays. When a body is found, the statute is applied evenly (at least in theory). When a sentence is greater for a gay murder than a straight murder, a premium seems to have been placed on the life of the gay. On your second point, I don't believe that I was involved in the "recruitment" discussion.