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 ::::I'd like to say specifically what I think I've only hinted at before: it is necessary, if this book is to be included, to write its inclusion in such a manner that does not detract from the social reaction to the killing: specifically, that the aftermath and reaction to the killing led, in some part, to what we see today as increased acceptance of homosexuals.  Even if it were objectively proven that there was no anti-gay bias whatsoever present in the killings (and I don't think that that could be proven given what we know), the fact that ""gay panic"" was raised as a defense does mean that the outcry is valid, and any writeup must take that into account.   "