Comments on: Blogging For Justice http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/blogging-for-justice/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Tom http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/blogging-for-justice/#comment-3806 Tom Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:37:48 +0000 http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/blogging-for-justice/#comment-3806 Hate crimes are dangerous territory, folks, and have no deterrent effect on people who committ crimes out of racial, sexual, or other discriminatory motives. What is a hate crime ? It is an illegal act (crime) that is linked to and associated with a prohibited thought (such as racial hatred). Be careful here, people - I do not believe you know what you are getting into here. How long do you think it will take before we metamorph from an illegal act coupled with a prohibited thought to - a prohibited thought all alone by itself ? - this would be called a THOUGHT crime. There are enough laws on the books to cover the crime itself and you should be satisfied with that, and with the anti-discrimination laws instead of trying to punish people for their thoughts, a very very dangerous and slippery slope. Thanks you for your attention to this not-so-small detail. Anyone out there who agrees and who is brave enough to say so ? Tom Hate crimes are dangerous territory, folks, and have no deterrent effect on people who committ crimes out of racial, sexual, or other discriminatory motives.

What is a hate crime ? It is an illegal act (crime) that is linked to and associated with a prohibited thought (such as racial hatred).

Be careful here, people - I do not believe you know what you are getting into here. How long do you think it will take before we metamorph from an illegal act coupled with a prohibited thought to - a prohibited thought all alone by itself ? - this would be called a THOUGHT crime.

There are enough laws on the books to cover the crime itself and you should be satisfied with that, and with the anti-discrimination laws instead of trying to punish people for their thoughts, a very very dangerous and slippery slope.

Thanks you for your attention to this not-so-small detail.

Anyone out there who agrees and who is brave enough to say so ?

Tom

]]> By: The New Jersey 4, Megan Williams, and Dunbar Village. « Questioning Transphobia http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/blogging-for-justice/#comment-3747 The New Jersey 4, Megan Williams, and Dunbar Village. « Questioning Transphobia Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:40:30 +0000 http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/blogging-for-justice/#comment-3747 [...] about this. Brownfemipower has a post about these issues, and how the blogosphere has handled them. Afrospear covers Megan Williams and Dunbar Village, and brownfemipower has links to multiple posts about the New Jersey [...] [...] about this. Brownfemipower has a post about these issues, and how the blogosphere has handled them. Afrospear covers Megan Williams and Dunbar Village, and brownfemipower has links to multiple posts about the New Jersey [...]

]]> By: No outrage for the torture of Megan Williams « The United States of Jamerica http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/blogging-for-justice/#comment-3720 No outrage for the torture of Megan Williams « The United States of Jamerica Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:12:08 +0000 http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/blogging-for-justice/#comment-3720 [...] I’m doing (along with many others) is simply building awareness about the Megan Williams case, with the hope that the mainstream [...] [...] I’m doing (along with many others) is simply building awareness about the Megan Williams case, with the hope that the mainstream [...]

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