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Originally Posted by Danzig
i disagree. the crime shouldn't get less of a sentence because it had a different motive. how do you explain to the parents of a victim that the perpetrator got 10 years, when someone else might have gotten 15-but it was a different victim? or a different motive? motive doesn't matter, it's the crime.
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Your point is valid. I'm not saying that I think you are wrong. I'm just saying that I can see the rationale behind "hate crime" legislation and I don't have a problem with it. I don't know if there is necessarily a need for "hate crime" laws. But if these laws can act as a deterrent (I don't know if they do or not), then that would be a good thing.