ArgoGeorgia
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Joined: 2/9/2007 From: Atlanta, Georgia Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Owner59 Are we going to have the usual upset ,and ranting by conservitives,that charging them w/ a hate crime is "thought policing",and somehow,"un-fair"? It`s usually scum like this,that get all the simpathy from anti-hate crime crowd. Nope, because I'm a libertarian. The fact is, you CANNOT know what a person is thinking at the time of a crime, you can only conjecture based on their actions. Please explain why someone not yelling a racist slur as they are stabbing someone to death (even though they might be thinking it!) should be punished less than someone who does use an epithet or two. Personally, i find the actual crime morally repugnant enough to justify the harshest penalties. Do you feel the greater punishment is deserved because you find their way of thinking backwards, evil, etc? If so, and it is so bad, then is just thinking them enough to be punished without committing another crime? Why not? Well, in my view, it can't be punished without another crime because THINKING is not a crime. Acting on your thoughts is where the crime occurs. Punish the criminal actions, not the thoughts. **edited because I said more and not less
< Message edited by ArgoGeorgia -- 9/13/2007 12:32:46 PM >
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