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To: E who wrote (5066)	3/28/2002 2:39:20 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

the especial nastiness of hate crimes; it's a visceral reaction. I see a difference between mugging someone - and mugging them because they are white...? or attacking, beating and raping someone - and attacking, beating and raping someone because they are black...? I see something more evil in the latter actions in each pair. My reaction is not necessarily more visceral - possibly less, in the way that I would not hate a vicious and dangerous dog... but would happily see it killed: not in torment, just as not worth keeping alive. Perhaps the crime, for me, is worsened by the reason for the choice of victim. I personally am discomfited at the idea of making hate the crime as opposed to the act that the hate spawned. I agree here - and perhaps the law has the right balance, in allowing aggravating (or indeed mitigating) circumstances to affect the punishment.