I haven't followed this particular case to know for sure so I'll default to your position on this case until I hve more facts.
That said you do know the racial make up of this country right? You do know that whites for example are eighty percent of the country so four out of five or eight out of ten people in America are white. By contrast blacks are one out of ten and everybody else is the other one out of ten. (though because hispanics /Mexicans can be white if they want when the census comes through the numbers are probably off by about ten percent maybe fifteen)
The point is that if a gange of blacks rape a white girl it's not a hate crime. Its fell circumstance. If a gang of whites rape a black girl it's a hate crime. They (statiscally) had to let eight (or hell lets be nice three) white girls walk by before raping the black girl. It's not random.
Its the same reason why the police pay attention if three Jews are killed in a pattern but not if three Christians. Three Christians is probably random. Three Jews isn't.
I know you want to be "fair" and unbiased but really you're just suffering from minority envy. get over it.
You know D6 usually you're sane. also I've done a little bit of research into this case let me state the facts as I've been able to figure them out.
1. The girl was raped for hours. Starting with people who can be solidly proven via either sperm/DNA evidence or on the video if it is ever recovered should simply be executed. There is no hope (in my opinion) of ever reinstating these people into society.
2. I've yet to hear any major media outlet mention EITHER the victim or the criminals race. Though the information is out there the "major media" is simply ignoring it.
3. The stats I quote only suggest that a crime against a white is just as likely (if not more so) to be random than it is to be on purpose. Since you ask if I think that those stats hold across the board the answer is I'm not an idiot. Of course not. In the city in question (which is what YOU should have brought up instead of blustering around like I don't generally have facts at my back) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia#Demographics has just slightly under 50% whites and over that blacks according to wiki. Still more than enough to be random.
4. The defining factor in this rape by all accounts (even her friends though they phrase it differently) is that this girl was. . .niave. A bunch of guys who have already admitted to wanting to have sex with me want to go to an isolated part of the campuse that is KNOWN for bad things happening and get me drinking. Before I state my next thing I would like you to re-read part one. Particularly the part where all the men found responsible are raped to death. And then I'd like to add on that any witness who watched and cheered should also be raped, just allowed to live when its over.
If this girl didn't ask for it I don't know what will qualify as a teachable moment for girls please don't go down the dark alley with a bunch of people who want to have sex with you and drink. Seriously?
5. I do support hate laws. I don't know WHY bloc is on the fense so he gets benefit of the doubt. The only reason I'm not gungho about it is that I believe in many cases (particularly against whites or any majority hate crimes are difficult to prove. Take for example gay. If three gay guys are dragged from the back of a truck we know what the motivation was. If three straight guys are. . .well we look for other things they have in common cus you know nobody kills straight people for being straight. I know that's an extreme but I believe I've made my point) I don't know what percentage of black crime is racially motivated but I'm comfortable with the assumption that it is LESS than the amount of white crime that is racially motivated. And I do think America needs to (within reason, you'll note I'm not a strong supporter of Affirmative Action actually most of the time I'm against it all together) make the system accept minorities for a while so they can get equal footing.
Note: I don't believe whites ACTIVELY hold minorities (as a black I do mean blacks when I say this.) I do believe that like most people white bring up their own when the chance arrives. That George Bush Sr helping George Bush Jr into oil companies, governor, president wasn't because he hates blacks. IT was because Bush was his son. Same as I think the rap industry would have a lot more whites if getting a record deal didn't mean you know Dr. Dre or Jay-Z. It's not racist. Not really anyway. At worst it's passive. Still before minorities are ever going to get into the better positions it has to be fixed.
Back on subject
7. I see nothing about this case that suggests in anyway that this girl was raped because she was white. I'm sorry I just don't see how you can come to that conclusion without simply wanting to be upset with blacks. Against EXECUTE all the guilty parties. By rape. (note I don't normally support execution for rape but this is a special case by all accounts they likely would have killed the girl if cops hadn't interupted) But I don't think her race crossed anybodies mind at the get go. I'm sorry I just don't see it.
Hey Truth. Long time no see. By the way D6, don't flatter yourself. You'd have to be denser than shit to mistake the two of you for the same person.
I don't believe it is impossible to prove a hate crime. Particularly not against a minority. That said you find a black guy hanging from a tree in the South most likely that was a hate crime and a white guy in the same position would have walked through it. White guy beaten in South Central probably a hate crime. Known gay guy is dragged behind a truck until dead. . .yeah probably a hate crime.
I would agree with the idea that some of these crimes are throw away the key crimes but we don't do that because people are afraid of executing the wrong people which is just stupid. And deep down (and also practically) we don't use the life sentence because it really is a fate worse than death. Shy of being Hitler I'm not sure you CAN deserve life in prison. (I'm exagerating slightly but only slightly) I do feel life without parole is MUCH worse than execution.
After a point it is. People die it's the way of the world and it sucks but it is what it is. Obviously every reasonable action must be taken to minimize the number of innocent people not only executed but behind bars period. (I notice there aren't a lot of bleeding hearts for guys who spend twenty years in jail on erroneous charges.) But at somepoint we are forced to admit that we are human and fallible and it is what it is. Bottom line is that it's a numbers game. Just like every bad thing that happens we should struggle to get it down to "acceptable" numbers and leave it be.
How is putting them away for life better?
D6. Please pull your panties out of your ass. I don't remember you having such thin skin. Fact is Truth and me go way back. To a time when it was me and bloc and ALIEN and the rest of you pups had yet hear about SC. I'd apologize but I honestly don't care about your feelings at the same time I wasn't resorting to insults, not anymore than I always do.
Skin color doesn't matter to the dead if that was what you were asking. Not everybody dies though for starters. Should we just give people a slap on the wrist for burning crosses or spray painting swastikas all over your property? I don't even think destruction of property is a felony. Are you going to claim that hanging an effigy in some ones yard is the same as toilet papering the place?
Seriously D6 go get a drink.
We were talking about HATE crimes and being able to add it onto an existing charge. While the original post may have been about rape rape (like in this case) isn't necessarily fatal and often doesn't include a life sentence. I don't see any reason not to add hate crime in places where it is provable.
If you can prove that a crime was hate related go for it. I think you can prove in many cases that a crime was racially motivated and we have to show as a society that it is unacceptable to do that or it will continue on.
I always like thought provoking threads like this until our resident torture cunt has to come in and throw out more of his lies.
The biggest problem with hate crime laws is when the government starts making laws punishing emotions then we get into trouble. If a white guy punches a black guy in a bar-fight he gets punished but if someone hears him use the N word he gets a harsher punishment?
In most cases where hate crimes could be applied the crime is all ready so terrible that it would receive the max sentence anyway. The Mathew Shepard case, whether there are hate crimes or not on the books these kids should be tied to a truck and dragged through the streets so they can see how it feels.
"sigh"
Liberals still pushing the same racist nonsense. This is not the 60's anymore and this "whites clearly benefit from white-skin privilege" is bullshit. If anything it is turning around in the opposite direction. Virtually every white on black crime the race-baiters come out of the wood-work and cry racism. Sorry we have a black president so no you guys can't push that crap anymore. Even the dreaded "n" word doesn't mean the same anymore and you guys know it.
1. I owe all of you right wingers a severe ass kicking. You know who you are.
2. Hate crimes are not limited to murder and rape. There are assaults and destruction of property in there too. The idea that whites aren't treated differently under the law is absurd. Whites are (as the law describes) assumed innocent intill proof of guilt. minorities are guilty intill proof of innocense.
Basically what Sheltercrow said is basically correct and I hate all of you for making me support that retarded cunt but she's not wrong.
Without digging up the stats for San Fran I suspect the numbers would be more heavily in my favor there than they were in Virgina where it was roughly even odds. I highly doubt there are any upperclass neighborhoods that are primarily minority also.
And of course if there ever comes a day when the Thought Police are running around I'll have your back Truth. I just don't think it's a realistic problem. You know just like I don't want fat people telling me about how many healthy problems come from being anorexic. When that becomes the leading problem we'll worry about it. There is a finite number of worry in the world (which is why we don't really waste any on Darfur other than the occasional nod) We gotta use it more locally than that.