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>Subject: Re: The Wichita Horror - NOT a hate crime
>From: jwn@ripco.com  (Chicago Paddling-Fishing)
>Date: 10/16/2002 5:37 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <aojfh1$93m$1@e250.ripco.com>
>
>PETER BUONO (PFBUONO@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
><snip>
>: I sure haven't heard a single iota about this case as it is, but I'm sure I
>: would've given reversed racial roles.
>
>Hmmm, you might want to read a newspaper once in a while... The Chicago
>Tribune carried a article about the trial yesterday and we aren't in Kansas,
>Toto.
>
>"Trial in brutal killings grips Kan.
>
> By ROXANA HEGEMAN
> The Associated Press
> Published October 14, 2002, 11:20 AM CDT"
>
>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-021014kansas.story and
>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0210140202oct14.story are
>both stories in the Trib in the last few days about the Wichita case.
>
>--
>John Nelson
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--These crimes were grisly, horrific, sickening, and insane.  If the 2 guys on
trial are guilty, they should receive the maximum punishment.  But as whether
or not it is a 'hate crime' - e.g., a racially motivated crime - strikes me as
weird.  Would this be less 'hateful' if the perps and victims all had the same
skin color?  I think not.  Or what if the perps were multiracial?  Say they
were very light-skinned, more Caucasian than African.  Would that mean they
were committing a 'mild hate' crime?

This whole line of reasoning is ludicrous to me.  'Hate crime' is one of those
meaningless buzzwords that seem to be way too prevalent these days.  Are other
crimes 'love crimes' or 'non-hate crimes?