re how many homosexuals are there in article apr mnemosyne cs du edu mbond nyx cs du edu mimi writes in article apr news acns nwu edu dmeier casbah acns n u edu douglas meier writes in article pkmo inng senator bedfellow mit edu wdstarr athena mit ed william december starr writes and what difference does it make if homosexuals should not be treated as equals with heterosexuals in the eyes of the law then it doesn t matter if they comprise an overwhelming majority of the population and if they should then it doesn t matter if numerically they re only an infinitesimal minority right and if it makes no difference then shoving a false number down my throa shouldn t be a high priority after all why should a minority group ne d to inflate their numbers in order to justify the rights they claim they des rve i e extra privileges they ask for if someone beats up a homosexual he should get charged for assault and battery why must we add gay bashing to the list isn t this a sort of double jeopardy or am i just being a fascist again douglas c meier this space for rent northwestern university acns this university is too commie lib pinko to have these views dmeier casbah acns nwu edu you know i have thought about the issue of if someone beats up a homosexual or a black person etc should the crime be specified as something special shit beating up anybody regardless of race and sexual orientation should be a very serious crime if you pick out those crimes which are committed against the opposite sex different race or a different sexual orientation is this a form of favoring those groups over other groups hmm i mean i think that a crime committed against all people should be treated the same but i know that there are many people out there who are very prejudice against people who are different than they are and perhaps hate crimes laws are the only way to punish the bastards appropriately but why should a person who commits a crime against a wealthy protestant white by a wealthy protestant white be treated on a lower level isn t this discrimination against the wealthy white person hmm any input out there as a black person i here about all sorts of stories where fellow blacks are persecuted and beat up because of their race this really tears me up but a crime against a white by a white should also be treated as a heinous crime please respond i would like to hear what other views are out ther ciao mimi the federal government has used such laws to allow mutliple charges in order to prevent more crimes than would nromally occur just from two people being pissed off at each other the federal government has an interest in the intent of the perpetrators in the pursuit of preventing violations of civil rights it s the way they broke the back of the klan by putting a lot of people away for a very long time for harrassing blacks specifically it is a principle that has been well recognized as constitutionally valid since over years ago it has been used whenever a select group was getting bashed or harrassed more than any other person would just for being part of a minority it is the only way we made the defeat of the south stick after the civil war people who harrassed free blacks when normally they wouldn t find themselves harrassing just anyone walking around were expeditiously tried and jailed for to years until nobody wanted to try it anymore now with the th amendment guarantee of equal protection under the law the law can use multiple crime and severe penalty involving intent as much as is needed to protect even one human that is a hated minority to somebody they can call out the national guard just for them as they did the school girls in alabama during desegregation in the s and the president can nationalize the state militia and turn the guns of the militia that were being used to bar blacks right around to point at the thousands in the crowd with an order to shoot that they would have to obey or face possible death by firing squad under the uniform code of military justice for failing to obey a direct order while under arms and by god they did those southern boys turned right around an fixed bayonets and the governor was left standing and was arrested by the federal marshalls that had brought the order to nationalize the guard and that s why we need such an ability in federal jurisdiction rsw richard steven walz rstevew deeptht armory com maple street without safe and free abortion women are santa cruz ca organ surrogates to unwanted parasites real men would never accept organ slavery and will protect women
