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Old 04-13-2008, 08:13 PM   #138 (permalink)
Seltzer
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Well, I don't really follow politics or anything and I don't know much of law (though it is interesting), but I'll throw in my 'uneducated' opinion here.

I don't think that a racially motivated murder should merit a greater punishment than a murder committed for any other reason. Manslaughter is a different matter altogether, but I don't believe in greater punishment for hate crimes.

The difference between someone who commits a racial hate crime and someone who keeps racist thoughts bottled inside their head is that one is committing a crime and the other isn't. So I don't see why the former should be punished for the crime AND being racist while the latter should live forever out of reach of the long arm of the law. I don't think people should think racist thoughts, but it is their prerogative to think what they want.
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