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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:15 PM Original message |
Is this a hate crime? |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Absolutely a hate crime |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I was afraid to post this for the same reason. But there needs to be |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. There are some scary white supremacist types around there too |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. There are actually a lot of articles on that in the Press Telegram |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. There is never any reason |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. PC commentary has its purposes though |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Well, there may be some |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. And that is certainly a good argument against PC language |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
130. True. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. But suppose you are stuck in a situation where you are forced to deal with others? |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #132 |
151. A diplomat |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #151 |
157. Let me think about your post |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #157 |
159. Go right ahead. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #159 |
176. OK, here's a shot at it. :) |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #176 |
185. Actually, that was |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #185 |
191. Thanks. |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #191 |
198. Those are some good points |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #198 |
203. I agree with you insofar as |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #203 |
204. I agree, especially |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #204 |
205. Yes. And now I have to go. |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #205 |
206. Bye, bye. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think a distinction between societal and individual racism |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I know it seems like kind of a clumsy division, but it has empirical value I think |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. But hate crimes occur at the individual level. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. That's right |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. IF a racial epithet was used, indeed it should be classified as a hate crime.... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Is that the qualification for a hate crime? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Since intent can only be known with certainty by the attacker, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. "Since intent can only be known with certainty by the attacker" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. You asked if that's the qualification for a hate crime. |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
92. Hate Crime = Thought Crime |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. No one's being charged with "hate." (n/t) |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. They're being charged with a "hate crime". |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. They're being charged with terrorizing a discrete group. (n/t) |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. I'm not sure what you're trying to say. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. You're playing semantic games. |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. Really? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Intent is only partially determined by their remarks at the time. (n/t) |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. I've been scratching my head about this OP. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:30 AM Response to Reply #103 |
147. Both of your links concern police brutality, not hate crime |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Thanks, Nikki, for your response. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #150 |
158. You're welcome, Karenina |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #158 |
207. There's something about the "mob mentality" |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. It appears to be a hate crime to me. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes. Long Beach is in the Los Angeles harbor area |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Ah. I used to date someone down in the Long Beach area |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. It's a mix of everything.. just like most medium size cities |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. THanks for the description. It sounds like a mini LA |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. yes.. it's a mini L.A. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
86. Wow! I didn't realize it was such a posh area. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hate crime, and there is a difference between individual and societal racism |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. But of course. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. n/m |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yeah, it was pretty clearly a hate crime |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. The question that has to be answered is... |
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masshole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Why would they need to be "looking"? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. They don't. Here's the CA Penal Code section that defines a hate crime. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The key word here is "because." |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Only they can know that. There are two questions at hand: |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. A question about the California statute |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Don't know. Sorry. NT |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. I was unclear |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
129. I imagine that would depend on the context |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. That's the problem with hate crimes in general-getting into the intent of the attacker |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's a hate crime, but I don't find the color of the attackers |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You know, it started with a guy grabbing his crotch and making sexual comments |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. So it's THEIR FAULT for not responding to crude men? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Good Lord, NO! |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. A good deal of assaults on women should be classified as hate crimes |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
109. Aren't they? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #109 |
181. Actually, no |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #109 |
183. No. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #183 |
184. Thanks. What that means is that |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #184 |
188. That would seem to be the point, actually. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #188 |
192. I know, I got that point |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #192 |
194. That's not what the law was intended to do |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #194 |
196. Yet by your logic |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #196 |
197. There you might have a case. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #197 |
200. What are the motives of serial rapists ? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
199. Yes, and why not? |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
110. Is this about gender and not race? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #110 |
142. Quite possibly |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. Who knows... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. From the article: |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. I didn't see it that way... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think hate crime laws are bullshit. A crime is a crime. Charge them for their crimes. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Do you think hate crimes charges added on might be a deterrent to racially motivated crime |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. No I honestly don't. People who commit violent crimes aren't deterred by anything. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. Certainly there must be some deterrence |
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fhqwhgads (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
78. there is deterrence... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Then you're already uncomfortable with all of criminal law. |
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fhqwhgads (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. i think you know what i meant... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. We're not prosecuting people for their opinions |
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fhqwhgads (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. i'm not sure i understand... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Attacking someone because of their race isn't the same as a general mugging |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #89 |
111. It's not prosecuting them for a belief. It's just not. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. I'd instead say they are being prosecuted for a crime against a |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #93 |
145. I'm against hate crime laws |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #145 |
148. How would that work? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #148 |
173. It's called a JUDGE |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #173 |
179. This would leave it in the hands of a few individuals rather than |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #173 |
180. You're describing a less formal way of doing the same exact thing. (n/t) |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #145 |
153. Untrue. There is NO penalty for bigotry or hate. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #153 |
161. My assumption has always been that hate crime really speaks to intent in the same way |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #153 |
172. Making it a separate crime seems like it to me |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. It's not a thought crime. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #78 |
178. If you have a hate crime statute, where there were extra penalties for intent |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Manslaughter isn't murder. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. For this reason: |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. the distinction is because the victim was chosen because of race.. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
62. I'm with you on this one 100% |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
128. This argument is such bunk. Why distinguish between 1st degree murder and manslaughter? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Anytime you hurt someone, I think qualifies as a hate crime. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
119. Just because the Long Beach police are notorious for racism |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #119 |
137. Hmm, well I don't think all white people in any part of Los Angeles |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #119 |
162. Do you think these teens might have been part of a gang? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. sounds like a hate crime to me |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes, a crime based on racial prejudice is a hate crime, period. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Clearly a hate crime |
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Minnesota_Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. I may be wrong, but It seems to me as if the attack was predicated on rejection of sexual advances. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. That certainly is a legitimate reading from the information we have |
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Minnesota_Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Good points. Actually, now that I think more about it... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Me, too. |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Would you use such |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Do you think that prosecutors would automatically jump to a racial conclusion |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. Yes, I do. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Do you have an example of a case where that happened? |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. A specific example? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Thanks for the links. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. The article is interesting |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. Yep, and |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
182. absolutely. (no text) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. You mean like the Duke lacrosse team incident? |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. I'm not sure of your point. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. It's an example... |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Ah, yes. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. That's my point. |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. That's because it's |
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Minnesota_Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Non Sequitur. We are talking this particular case. |
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Totallybushed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. So, |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. If these thugs were out to beat up anyone... |
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Minnesota_Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. So if a black guy robs me, a white guy, that is a hate crime? OK. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Is ignoring someone "showing them up"? |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #79 |
95. My God... why the venom directed at me? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Whoa Nelly! No venom, just a question. Really. :) (See I put a smiley here.:) ) |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
112. Yes apparently so... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Oops! Thanks for clearing that up |
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Minnesota_Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #95 |
120. Sorry man...I'm usually mellow but there has been so much sniping around... |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. No worries... keep on keeping on. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
100. "I will trust their judgment" |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #79 |
118. For someone that says they are not judgemental... |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. Not one Flame from any Responder !!!.... What were you |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. This is a serious crime. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Because it happened close to home and because it was quite brutal |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. Violence against women |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. The first two paragraphs of your post are spot on |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. "Women do, to a large degree, live with that fear" |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. It IS like being the victim of terror |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
75. Yes. n/t |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
99. Very Serious Crime (who cares about race) |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
102. I didn't know whites were a protected group under most hate crime |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. What? |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. They'd better be. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #107 |
187. Do courts ever see |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #102 |
113. Hate crime legislation doesn't delineate specific races, but racially motivated crimes in general |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #113 |
121. Most all of them have protected classes |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. California Penal Code |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. "most all" would indicate that some don't |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Examples of some that do? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. If you have access to the internet you can search |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. Protected class refers to categories - not specifics within. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. Well it's all pointless in regards to me, as I can never be the victim of |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. No, it's not. "Perceived race" is included. Not to mention gender, which I |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. I would not perjure myself, I would let the fact be known |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #135 |
136. What perjury are you talking about? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. It's material to me, and is not something I want to accept |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Um, do you know what a hate crime is? Are you opposed to hate crime |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. I said it would not be something I would accept for myself |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #140 |
154. So you wouldn't testify and you'd let them walk free |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #154 |
160. If you are subpoenaed, you have to give up a weekday morning for it |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #160 |
175. So if someone hospitalizes you. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #175 |
186. I'm not faulting people who are |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #186 |
201. I still don't know where you got the idea that you'd have to perjure yourself. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #201 |
202. Perhaps I wouldn't regarding the hate crime laws |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #202 |
208. Apparently your sense of justice doesn't demand justice either. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #202 |
210. So... let me get this straight.... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #210 |
211. Life is not a little TV show |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #211 |
212. Okay.... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #160 |
209. Of course not... |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
104. Hate crime or not, they should do 20 years in jail. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
108. By definition yes. These punks should be jailed for 25 years. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
117. I would say yes, absolutely. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
126. It's a hate crime, but I think it may also be about the class war. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
141. Freeper comments: |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #141 |
149. Did these quotes come from FR? If so, this gives more support to my contention in the OP |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
152. Yes! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
155. i find this to be more about gender than race. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #155 |
164. In what way? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #164 |
167. it started with a sexual comment and crotch grabbing...thats why |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #167 |
168. But it didn't remain there. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. i think crimes commited with gender/sex as a basis qualify for hate crime too |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. Had it been a sexual crime without a racial component, |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #167 |
190. But several girls were the attackers. n/t |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #190 |
195. Seven, actually, were charged with hate crimes. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
156. ONe of the |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #156 |
163. If you're talking about institutionalized racism, it makes sense |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #163 |
165. I agree to a point |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #165 |
166. Ok, I see where you are |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #166 |
171. I agree |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #171 |
177. The issue seems to be human psychology |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #177 |
189. I agree |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #189 |
193. It would be really interesting to see stats on that |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
213. I really have trouble with this... |
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