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Old 04-15-2008, 02:40 PM   #184 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by adidasss View Post
I think the point most of you are continually missing is that "hate crimes" are being punished more severely than regular acts of violence because they cause damage to an entire group of people, instead of just the victim. That's why they cause greater damage to society and that's why they merit special treatment. I'm not sure why that's so hard to understand.
No more damage than any other threat, but threats aren't considered hate crimes. Thats even assuming you're trying to quantify it as a threat, which I fail to see what else you could be trying to quantify it as.
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