Larry Harvilla
eh, maybe. The cities I've lived in recently, I've been a minority in some neighborhoods (lived in a mostly Lebanese neighborhood when I lived near Detroit, and the metro DC area is fairly diverse, with most of the less-than-ludicrously-expensive neighborhoods being populated by blacks, Hispanics, Asians, etc. depending on where you are. That said, I think it's a BS excuse when used either way. If someone buttaults you, does it matter if he did it because you're homoloveual-black-white-dressed funny-have buck teeth, or because he's just a privateswad? In my book, no - if you did nothing to provoke the attack, *his* motivation doesn't matter one bit.
Let me ask you this - as a straight, white male, do you think if I were sitting in a bar, holding my beer, chatting with whoever's nearby, and some guy attacks me with a hatchet in the same manner that the guy did to the patrons of that gay bar, do you think that that person's punishment should be any LIGHTER? Would it make any difference if the attacker was another SWM or was of another ethnicity or loveual orientation? If so, what the heck could possibly be your reasoning?
Don't get me wrong, I am not in any way condoning any kind of bigotry - but by asking for "hate crime" laws YOU are the bigot. I'm the one who's willing to treat you just the same as everyone else...
nate
having a gun with you in the car 3767need worked Texan happened were Wait a second. The cops didn't have enough firepower to take down those shooters. That has *nothing* to do with California's gun control...
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