Re: Wow
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I don't have a problem with hate crime legislation if it takes the form of stiffer penalties for crimes committed with hate as a significant motive. I'm OK with this because people who commit random hate violence are inherently more dangerous.
However, I have a real problem with such legislation allows for prosecutions where no crime was actually committed. Since when did it become illegal to put a book in a toilet?
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Actually, this is a really good point. Sentencing is based on "danger to society" and "rehabilitation," at least in theory. Criminalization is based on morality. The two have very little to do with each other.
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