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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:55 AM Original message |
Hate Crime Bill Might Make Md. A Pioneer |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm very wary of this whole "hate crime" notion |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Neither |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I know a lot of homophobes |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I know what you mean, but I'm more concerned about what it may inversely imply |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Ah, but we already make those distinctions in law |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. thought crime |
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Theobald (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I was a victim of a hate crime once |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Damn, that sucks |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I'll try to type slowly and use small words |
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Theobald (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I was being facetious kemo sabe |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. But vandalism isn't always vandalism |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. judicial discretion and misdemeanor/felony distinctions can cover that. |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. would it be more ok to spraypaint MY ancestor's tombstones? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. No, but it is less OK to spraypaint the Jewish ones |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. people DO vandalize non-jewish cemeteries |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
60. do they vandalize them because they're non-Jewish cemeteries |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. And both are nasty crimes |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Because the victims don't necessarily have to have the swastika painted on their house |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. And 'regular' crime |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Try this logic. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. It matters more because the aim of the crime is to threaten |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Thoughts Are Not Punished. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Ah, but "hate" crimes are dealing with the thoughts |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. You are obscessed with this idea of thought crimes. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
62. All criminal law deals with thoughts as well as deeds |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Apples and oranges |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. So how do you punish the crime if it's not aimed at one person |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Really, I'd rather see us give more discretion back to judges for sentencing. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. I don't agree with this at all. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Typically you have to belong to a group classified under law.. |
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inwiththenew (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. What about the Newsom murder in Tennessee |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Knock off the RW talking points -- you are aware it wasn't |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. And these offenders were punished accordingly.. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Absurd and right-wing talking point to boot. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. If that gay person gets beat up because he was gay |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. 2 years later, in 2000, a mile from where I lived in Wichita |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yet another poster with RW talking points about these murders |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. this happend in a mile from me |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. I see the pattern |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. How would the hate crimes law apply? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Did you see the word 'hate' in the original post? |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. All I have seen is you post RW talking points on this thread. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. All I'm saying |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Let me try this.... |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Think of it as terrorism |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Yknow, if Islamists want to shake their heads over this infidel |
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friedgreentomatoes (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Consider this. |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hate crime |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. Equal protection under the law |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. This is one of the most absurd responses I have seen. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Look at their post upthread |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. this happened a mile from where i lived |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It is disgusting. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Those who question the idea of the "hate" crime |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. "Intention" and actual "result" differ! |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. And I disagree |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. And you are still missing the point. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. I have been on a jury |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. And you FINALLY nail your own coffin shut with the ultimate RW talking point. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Good luck |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. You posts are pathetic RW illogical rhetoric. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. There is only one hate crime against the homeless |
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inwiththenew (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. The problem is |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Generally, a hate crime addition is added when it is obvious. |
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inwiththenew (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Thanks |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. In all the craziness, I forgot to say...GOOD FOR MD! |
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