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http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/151849/the-free-eric-cartman-now-committee
(Good video that really simplifies hate-crime and why it shouldn't be a crime. It's clean by the way)
Hate crime law. I don't get it and I don't think I ever will get it. It is in fact going against the way our legal system was designed. In this country we don't charge people based on the mental aspect of the crime (with very strict exceptions such as planning a crime in advance). We charge people based upon their actions.
You hear all this talk about "motive". Sure you can use motive to say "This is why he did this." But the motive for doing a crime isn't nor should it be punishable. The mere fact that you have the motivation to commit a crime is all that should matter to society. Let the shrinks and the social workers worry about why the guy did what he did. A court of law shouldn't be concerned with such things.
Beyond that it sets line in the sand. It pits one group against another group. It shouldn't be "blacks vs. whites" or "gays vs straights" or "atheists vs. Christians". It should be "society as a whole vs. crime".
When a white crack-head mugs and stabs a black woman are his actions racially motivated? No! They are motivated by his need for money to get more crack. And yet there's a good chance he'll get a hate-crime charge slapped on because hate-crimes have heftier sentencing than regular crimes.
(Good video that really simplifies hate-crime and why it shouldn't be a crime. It's clean by the way)
Hate crime law. I don't get it and I don't think I ever will get it. It is in fact going against the way our legal system was designed. In this country we don't charge people based on the mental aspect of the crime (with very strict exceptions such as planning a crime in advance). We charge people based upon their actions.
You hear all this talk about "motive". Sure you can use motive to say "This is why he did this." But the motive for doing a crime isn't nor should it be punishable. The mere fact that you have the motivation to commit a crime is all that should matter to society. Let the shrinks and the social workers worry about why the guy did what he did. A court of law shouldn't be concerned with such things.
Beyond that it sets line in the sand. It pits one group against another group. It shouldn't be "blacks vs. whites" or "gays vs straights" or "atheists vs. Christians". It should be "society as a whole vs. crime".
When a white crack-head mugs and stabs a black woman are his actions racially motivated? No! They are motivated by his need for money to get more crack. And yet there's a good chance he'll get a hate-crime charge slapped on because hate-crimes have heftier sentencing than regular crimes.
