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Date Posted: 16:18:48 06/12/03 Thu
Author: Drew Greyfox
Subject: I have not read the board in days and have not read all the replies here so excuse me if I am repeating someone else, but...hate crimes laws DO NOT punish anyone for their thoughts, only their ACTIONS. You can think gay people should be killed all day long, but when you cross the line and act on that thought then you have broken the law...
In reply to: John 's message, "Hate Crime Laws" on 10:32:11 06/10/03 Tue

The 'thought police' idea is simply an excuse used often by the religious wrong. It is a myth that needs to be corrected regardless of where you stand on the issue of these laws. The intentions of the criminal are taken into consideration just as they are in most other crimes. Just as there is a difference between a person who kills in self defense or by accident without the intention of killing anyone, and a person who willingly commits a premeditated murder with the explicit intention of killing a person, there is a difference between a person killed during a robbery, drunken driving etc and a person killed simply because they were percieved to be gay.

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