Hate Crime
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Christian Graus wrote:
One would imagine the guy starting to yell something racist as he was being attacked, and that just making the attackers more mad.
Good point. However, that sort is scenario is not what one would ordinarily think of as a racially motivated hate crime.
John Carson
I don't see how else it can *become* racially motivated, and that's what they're saying.
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
So you are saying you are some literacy genius who can basically read the minds of whoever typed the text?
No, I am saying that I am confident of being able to do it on this occasion. As Josh Gray has remarked, figuring out what Christian meant on this occasion is not difficult.
John Carson
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I don't see how else it can *become* racially motivated, and that's what they're saying.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I don't see how else it can *become* racially motivated, and that's what they're saying.
I don't either. Most racially motivated hate crime would be racially motivated from the start. If a crime is initiated for non-racial reasons and then there is a racial exchange later, then it becomes a matter of the exact wording of the relevant hate crime legislation whether the crime falls within the ambit of the legislation. I don't know how the legislation is worded so I don't know the answer to that question. The fact that the police say it wasn't racially motivated and they are not prosecuting it as a hate crime may suggest, Stan's contrary opinions notwithstanding, that whatever happened doesn't fall within the ambit of the legislation.
John Carson
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I have to agree. It's like the South Park episode. While certain ethnic groups, homosexuals, racial groups, etc may 'targeted' more than a white heterosexual male, I think all crimes are hate crimes. Murder is murder.
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leckey wrote:
I think all crimes are hate crimes.
5. Not sure why you got voted down, leckey.
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John Carson wrote:
though just how one's motivations can become racist partway through is unclear.
One would imagine the guy starting to yell something racist as he was being attacked, and that just making the attackers more mad.
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Christian Graus wrote:
One would imagine the guy starting to yell something racist as he was being attacked, and that just making the attackers more mad.
So the story is really about white racism after all? Nice job of staying on the script.
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Stan Shannon wrote:
The point is that if this had been white on black crime, the prosecution would certainly have used hate as a means of increasing the possible penalties against the perps. It almost always gets thrown into the mix in such cases. At the very least they would have tried to make it stick.
I know you prefer anecdotes to statistics, but here is the 2003 FBI report on these matters. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/03hc.pdf[^] On p. 5 we read: "In 2003, law enforcement reported 4,574 single-bias offenses that were motivated by the offender’s bias against race. Among those offenses, 66.3 percent were perpetrated because of an anti-black bias, and 21.2 percent were due to an anti-white bias. Just over 6 percent (6.1) of racially-motivated hate crimes were driven by an anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias, 1.8 percent involved a bias against American Indians/Alaskan Natives, and 4.7 percent were directed at groups of individuals in which more than one race was represented (multiple races, group)." And on p. 7: "In 2003, a total of 6,934 known offenders were identified in 7,489 bias-motivated incidents. (See Table 1.) Of the known offenders, 62.3 percent were white and 18.5 percent were black. Groups comprised of individuals of varying races (multiple races, group) accounted for 6.3 percent of known offenders. Reporting agencies identified Asian/Pacific Islander as the race for 1.3 percent and American Indian/Alaskan Native for 0.9 percent of the known offenders. For 10.7 percent of known offenders, the attribute of race was unknown. (Based on Table 9.)" Putting together those two sets statistics suggests that black offenders and white offenders are about equally likely to be accused of hate crimes. <edit> Missing from the above statistics is information on the percentage of crime committed by blacks. Apparently, around 30 percent of people arrested are black. This, in combination with the above figures, suggests that blacks are about 2/3 as likely to be accused of hate crimes as whites. Whether this reflects bias in law enforcement or less racism among blacks than whites is an open question. </edit> <edit2> Actually, the figures show that blacks are accused of more hate crime than their share of the population (13% of the total). On the other hand, they show that blacks are accused of hate
How could one possibly know if those statistics are true or not? How could one possible know if this crime were committed precisely because this couple was white? It will not be added to the statistics as a hate crime because a hate crime was not charged by the authorities. Therefore, it was not a hate crime whether it really was or not. I'll stick to my anecdotes. I have never known the murder of a black by a white to not become associated somehow with the phrase 'hate crime', either by the authorities or the media, and I have never know the murder of a white by a black to be called anything but murder by anyone.
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I hope you had your pointy white bed sheet suit on when you posted this. I know it would increase your level of enjoyment.
led mike
led mike wrote:
I hope you had your pointy white bed sheet suit on when you posted this. I know it would increase your level of enjoyment.
Can't let the script change now can we?
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Considering the level of violence involved, and the lack of any other possible motive, one could assume that some sort of strong negative emotions were involved. But, obviously, it might not have been racial. Perhaps they just didn't like people who drive SUVs. :rolleyes:
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Patrick Sears wrote:
The concept of a 'hate crime' makes no sense to me
Nor me. I don't believe I've ever heard of the murder of a white person referred to as a 'hate crime' regardless of how obvious it was that race played a major role in both the crime as well as the level of violence used. Murder is murder, regardless of the emotions motivating it, and they should all be treated the same.
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I have, although to be honest I don't tend to follow crime reports so I don't know how representative that is.
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leckey wrote:
I think all crimes are hate crimes.
5. Not sure why you got voted down, leckey.
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led mike wrote:
I hope you had your pointy white bed sheet suit on when you posted this. I know it would increase your level of enjoyment.
Can't let the script change now can we?
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I don't know what you mean and I don't care. I have been around enough racists in my day to recognize one when I hear him. If it walks like one and quacks like one... As far as I can tell, the entire concept of racism is retarded and reveals the true nature of the person, retarded, mentally unbalanced, mentally handicapped, etc. At this point anything you say will be summarily dismissed.
led mike
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I don't know what you mean and I don't care. I have been around enough racists in my day to recognize one when I hear him. If it walks like one and quacks like one... As far as I can tell, the entire concept of racism is retarded and reveals the true nature of the person, retarded, mentally unbalanced, mentally handicapped, etc. At this point anything you say will be summarily dismissed.
led mike
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Quote: I don't care ... At this point anything you say will be summarily dismissed. Then why did you reply to him?
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I don't know what you mean and I don't care. I have been around enough racists in my day to recognize one when I hear him. If it walks like one and quacks like one... As far as I can tell, the entire concept of racism is retarded and reveals the true nature of the person, retarded, mentally unbalanced, mentally handicapped, etc. At this point anything you say will be summarily dismissed.
led mike
Summarily dismiss this asshole: There is no such thing as race, there is only one human species and we are all members of it. Nothing I have posted here has been even in the most remote way "racist". What we do have in our society is a situation where evil non-thinking retards such as yourself are so desparate to have race as an issue that you will define any criticism of the script (ie - our society needs the socialistic left in order to be defended against white racism) as racism in order to maintain it. You're the racist. Blacks to you are nothing but a means to an end, no differnt than they were to the slave masters of old. You got 'em out on your little democrat plantation doing all the heavy political lifting for their new massa's You are incapable of honest debate. Oh, and you are also an idiot.
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Summarily dismiss this asshole: There is no such thing as race, there is only one human species and we are all members of it. Nothing I have posted here has been even in the most remote way "racist". What we do have in our society is a situation where evil non-thinking retards such as yourself are so desparate to have race as an issue that you will define any criticism of the script (ie - our society needs the socialistic left in order to be defended against white racism) as racism in order to maintain it. You're the racist. Blacks to you are nothing but a means to an end, no differnt than they were to the slave masters of old. You got 'em out on your little democrat plantation doing all the heavy political lifting for their new massa's You are incapable of honest debate. Oh, and you are also an idiot.
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Stan Shannon wrote:
Nothing I have posted here has been even in the most remote way "racist".
As I previously stated, I have been around enough racists to know one when I hear him. It's not at all surprising that you mistakenly believe you have crafted your posts in such a fashion as to hide your true nature. Also I see that since your argument fell apart you resorted to name-calling... again. (Reminder: in case you have forgotten that was something (D)espeir said only leftists do ;)... have a nice day skippy)
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Stan Shannon wrote:
Nothing I have posted here has been even in the most remote way "racist".
As I previously stated, I have been around enough racists to know one when I hear him. It's not at all surprising that you mistakenly believe you have crafted your posts in such a fashion as to hide your true nature. Also I see that since your argument fell apart you resorted to name-calling... again. (Reminder: in case you have forgotten that was something (D)espeir said only leftists do ;)... have a nice day skippy)
"Christianity is not about tolerance"
Stan Shannon in the Soap BoxChristianity is about getting into heavan, and nothing else.
Stan Shannon in the SoapboxThats because you're a f****ing leftist idiot.
Stan Shannon in the SoapboxAnd you worthless bastards are proud of that. You assholes just suck.
Stan Shannon in the SoapboxBeing classy is for losers.
Stan Shannon in the Soapboxa coalition of hispanics, blacks, and white leftists.
Stan Shannon in the Soapboxled mike
You badly need to get off of whatever drugs you're taking while you still have a few brain cells left. What the hell is: the entire concept of racism is retarded and reveals the true nature of the person, retarded, mentally unbalanced, mentally handicapped, etc. if not resorting to name-calling?
led mike wrote:
As I previously stated, I have been around enough racists to know one when I hear him. It's not at all surprising that you mistakenly believe you have crafted your posts in such a fashion as to hide your true nature.
Somehow I'm actually pretty damn sure that any sort of criticsm of the script would represent "cafting my posts to hide my true nature". In fact, that pretty much is the script. Any intellectual opposition to the moral purity of the left must necessarily hid someone's 'true nature'. What a powerful way to stifle free speech. Oh, Brave New World! Can't win a debate - resort to calling your opponent a racist. It works every time its tried. My only real crime is that I am not afraid to be a heretic to the brave new age morality. You, on the other hand, are horrified by the prospect of not being seen as the new age man, who never question the status guo least he be deemed a 'racist'. I imagine you've had that drilled into you since gradeschool. You're certainly well trained. But, if questioning the politics of 'hate crimes' is all it takes to make me a racist, I wear the term proudly.
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You badly need to get off of whatever drugs you're taking while you still have a few brain cells left. What the hell is: the entire concept of racism is retarded and reveals the true nature of the person, retarded, mentally unbalanced, mentally handicapped, etc. if not resorting to name-calling?
led mike wrote:
As I previously stated, I have been around enough racists to know one when I hear him. It's not at all surprising that you mistakenly believe you have crafted your posts in such a fashion as to hide your true nature.
Somehow I'm actually pretty damn sure that any sort of criticsm of the script would represent "cafting my posts to hide my true nature". In fact, that pretty much is the script. Any intellectual opposition to the moral purity of the left must necessarily hid someone's 'true nature'. What a powerful way to stifle free speech. Oh, Brave New World! Can't win a debate - resort to calling your opponent a racist. It works every time its tried. My only real crime is that I am not afraid to be a heretic to the brave new age morality. You, on the other hand, are horrified by the prospect of not being seen as the new age man, who never question the status guo least he be deemed a 'racist'. I imagine you've had that drilled into you since gradeschool. You're certainly well trained. But, if questioning the politics of 'hate crimes' is all it takes to make me a racist, I wear the term proudly.
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