hate crimes weirdness

[Russell Grinker]

O dear - bad mistake to mix it with the legal fraternity.  I'm not a lawyer
and I know precious little about the situation in the US.  I think however
that my point about the growing tendency to criminalise opinions still
stands - certainly in the UK.


>Not _merely) what you think. If I want to kill you, that's my business. But
if I act on that want, what I think is an element of that crime. So, if I
hate Blacks, that's my business. but if I beat or kill Blacks because I hate
them, why isn't that punishable?
>
The beating or killing should be punishable - not the mental state.


>But hate crimes may involve physical violence or destruction of property.

Then you punish that.