Atheist Claims Assault Was 'Hate Crime'

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http://media.www.thevarsity.ca/media/sto...e-2817715.shtml

Also in this issue was an editorial talking about this incident. The writer believed it wasn't a hate crime.

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To be a victim in the media is a desirable prize. But in order to really be a martyr, Justin, you have to have a religion first. In our interview with him, he did call the principles of atheism "beliefs." But that either means the "justified true belief" of knowledge, or it means religious faith, and only one of those is protected under the laws against hate crime.

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Sounds way off to me.