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

To: Srexley who wrote (131763)	3/14/2001 1:29:02 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

<< 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? >> The jury will have to determine the motives of the crime. This is done all the time in our courts. << Is it only a hate crime if a white guy/gal commits it? >> Do you really think that they are going to make hate crime laws that only apply to non-white victims? Or, are you saying that most hate crimes are committed by whites, so you feel that whites would be the unfair targets of hate crime laws? << GWB said it best when he said (paraphrased) "how much worse can you punish someone than putting them to death"? >> Do you feel that all crimes of hate are currently resulting in the death penalty? << 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. >> In a way, you are torturing me right now! <g>