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Originally Posted by Seahawk
Stirring the pot is always good.
The difference in your example between a hate crime and a crime between an adult and a child should be clear...at least I hope so.
The child is a child, and you know what that means. Should we now enact child hate crimes?
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I altered my original statement to (hopefully) clarify what I'm trying to needle out. There is no doubt in my mind that crimes against children should be punished more harshly than crimes against adults. But if that's true, am I not agreeing that an identical act (say, a 50 year old man breaking someone's arm) is deserving of different punishment based solely upon the identity of the victim? Perhaps the act/crime itself is permanently tied to the victim in this case? Anyway, it leaves me in the position of examining my own internal inconsistencies... which is perhaps something I should do offline.
As a side note, I apologize if anyone is unhappy or offended that I brought children into the equation (even I find it distasteful) but extremes help when I'm trying to figure something out.
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Last edited by Tishabet; 07-28-2008 at 03:14 PM..
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