tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7696025351794557257..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: AFA's Clark Revels In Defeat of Hate Crimes LegislationGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-29490688924933306552007-04-13T12:04:00.000-05:002007-04-13T12:04:00.000-05:008:45 (and AI), Try for a moment to find a brain ce...8:45 (and AI), <BR/><BR/>Try for a moment to find a brain cell and think this through: You kill a cop and there is no question whatsoever that your victim is a cop. You kill a pregnant woman and there is no question whatsoever that your victim was a pregnant woman. You kill an elderly person and there is no question whatsoever that your victim was an elderly person. <BR/><BR/>But the advocates of the "hate crimes" bill aren't advocating special punishments for killing a homosexual or a minority. In fact, we keep being told over and over again that the proposal is NOT intended to do that. <BR/><BR/>What we are told instead is that this is about "hate." As a result, a homosexual killing another homosexual would, in all likelihood, not get prosecuted under this proposed law. Nor a minority killing a minority. Instead, we are told that there must be some evidence that the crime was sparked by some type of racial or otherwise bigoted hatred for the victim. <BR/><BR/>But how in the world do you determine that? It is easy to figure out if the victim was a cop, a pregnant woman or an elderly person. It is also somewhat easy, in some cases, to figure out if the victim was a minority or a homosexual. But the "hate crimes" bill is not intended to punish crimes against minorities or homosexuals, as the laws you mention ARE intended to punish crimes against cops, pregnant women and the elderly. Quite to the contrary, the proposed "hate crimes" law is intended to punish a state of mind. <BR/><BR/>Now, you tell us all how that state of mind can be determined with the clarity of identifying a cop, a pregnant woman or an elderly person and, if you do so, this law will probably fly towards passage. <BR/><BR/>But that's not what you really want, is it? Contrary to what gets said so often on this blog and elsewhere, it is pretty clear that what you really want is to be identified as a special class. Try to deny that as much as you want, but with arguments like the ones that keep getting made, that is pretty darned clear. <BR/><BR/>Hypocrisy reigns!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-50863362670139592882007-04-12T20:45:00.000-05:002007-04-12T20:45:00.000-05:00Yeah, so why do they punish cop killers more? Why...Yeah, so why do they punish cop killers more? Why do they make it a harsher crime to kill the fetus of a pregnant woman? Or the elderly? <BR/><BR/>I mean, in this case if they had left sexual orientation or gender identity out, they would NOT Have opposed it. And this demeaning language is just one of the things our community needs to be aware of.<BR/><BR/>KNOW THINE ENEMY!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3728882256434975102007-04-12T17:15:00.000-05:002007-04-12T17:15:00.000-05:00I contacted my rep about his vote on this bill. I...I contacted my rep about his vote on this bill. I had a voice mail from him today when I got home. He kept blathering on about how this would be a "crime of the mind". I hadn't heard that one before.<BR/><BR/>However, after the many other discussions we have had over the past couple of years, I'm convinced that he is also focused on the homosexual part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com