rationale behind hate crimes

[jf noonan]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, [iso-8859-1] Daniel Davies wrote:
> 
> Local statute, your mileage may vary.  In the UK,
> under our Race Relations Act, you can land up in the
> clanger for "Incitement to Racial Hatred", which would
> (and regularly has) indeed caught people for
> distributing Justin's hypothetical leaflet. 
> Surprisingly, despite this complete abrogation of our
> constitutional rights, we are not yet a totalitarian
> hell-hole.
> 
> Count me in with the supporters of banning the Nazis
> and KKK, by the way.

Don't forget banning anti-McDonald's literature -- that's pretty
kewl too.

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Joseph Noonan
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