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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I think I agree with your hate crime analysis. The problem is most people do not use that argument when arguing for hate crimes. They generally talk about how disgusting the acts themselves make people feel which is a dangerous to use for sentencing.
Also I think the Koran guy should get fined. Assuming the toilet belonged to somebody else it could have caused an overflow and somebody had to clean it up so a fine of like 100 dollars would be fair.
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