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Date Posted: 08:41:35 06/11/03 Wed
Author: Mitchell
Subject: Ahem, Edward =P hehe...
In reply to: Bester 's message, "Right, my 2 cents. I don't support hate crimes as an initial measure. cos they don't work by themselves (more inside)" on 06:07:58 06/11/03 Wed

You make some very good points. Yes, it would be wonderful to have �an emphasis be put on widespread education on issues surrounding anti-gay prejudice.� I understand where you are coming from. If everyone was taught tolerance and that gay people are not degenerates laying in wait to take your children, hate crime laws most likely wouldn�t be needed. That said, this is America we are talking about, education like that is decades away. Albeit in more progressive areas of the country tolerance education my be possible, but try to run a program like that in an area like where I live and you would literality have �soccer moms rioting in the streets�. LOL!

Now, that�s not to say these �soccer moms� and such are inherently bad people, they have just been biased by an immense indoctrination of how evil gay people are by their religious leaders.

I think hate crime laws work vigorously towards the backdoor education of the masses. Just like the Morehouse incident in Atlanta, this case wouldn�t even get more than a byline in the metro section of the paper or a brief mention at the end of the nightly news. Since this case is being prosecuted as a hate crime it�s been on the front page of the paper and the leading story on the news everyday of the trial. That does a lot to wake people up, siting there in their living rooms saying, �OMG he was almost beaten to death because he looked at someone?� It really makes people think, �Is this what I want to teach my kids it�s ok to do?�

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