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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Machaon who wrote (131758)	3/14/2001 11:36:37 AM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

This also sends a great message to our children about values. So does advocating abortion as an option. ~SB~

To: Machaon who wrote (131758)	3/14/2001 12:05:36 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

How will the courts decide if something is a hate crime? Let's say a black guy kills a white guy because he hates whites. What criteria will be used to determine whether or not it is a hate crime? Will it be the manner in which the murder was committed? Will the prosecutor just ask the perpetrator? Is it only a hate crime if a white guy/gal commits it? Too vague imo. The Byrd case is a good example of the lameness of proposed hate crime laws. GWB said it best when he said (paraphrased) "how much worse can you punish someone than putting them to death"? I am a fairly smart guy and I don't think there is an answer to that except maybe to torture the person, but most will not support that.