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Tickle Me
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Oct 11, 2005
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What are the laws?

For example, say if someone killed someone randomly what they wanted to, how would the punishment compare if they killed them for race or whatever?
Basically if someone is suspected of committing a crime based on race, creed, religion. They prosecute the case federally as a hate crime. It's meant to deter hate motivated crime. Which is noble in it's intent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States

Here's a decent explanation, really biased though due to the source, but the first part is solid:

http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Introduction-to-Hate-Crime-Laws.pdf

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Do you?

I wonder if X goes camping.
I do. I love it. I've been hiking on saturdays recently.

I even fought forest fires and chopped down hazardous trees in the dead of winter.
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
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i see no reason to chop wood other than the exercise part. but i have a gym membership thus i do not indulge in chopping wood. plus, if everyone were to chop wood, we'd run out of trees really fast. good luck living in a world with no trees. everyone would become gay and grow pussies. instead of trees. which is what should be growing.
 

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Tickle Me
Moderator
Oct 11, 2005
75,661
i see no reason to chop wood other than the exercise part. but i have a gym membership thus i do not indulge in chopping wood. plus, if everyone were to chop wood, we'd run out of trees really fast. good luck living in a world with no trees. everyone would become gay and grow pussies. instead of trees. which is what should be growing.
Not good with metaphors are we?:D
 

ZoSo

Senior Member
Jul 11, 2011
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Basically if someone is suspected of committing a crime based on race, creed, religion. They prosecute the case federally as a hate crime. It's meant to deter hate motivated crime. Which is noble in it's intent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States

Here's a decent explanation, really biased though due to the source, but the first part is solid:

http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Introduction-to-Hate-Crime-Laws.pdf
Stupid. People should get less time.
 

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