tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post7495999091721791603..comments2023-11-05T00:59:10.828-07:00Comments on decorabilia: are hate crimes qualitatively different?Jim Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-6026982229650836952008-03-04T14:05:00.000-08:002008-03-04T14:05:00.000-08:00Well, I said...,Vulnerability is tricky. It might...<B>Well, I said...</B>,<BR/>Vulnerability is tricky. It might mean "more likely to be attacked," per your example, or it might mean "defenseless." The first is only mildly controversial--the bigot, after all, might have only one target in mind, even though the choice is made based on prejudice--but the second treads close to paternalism.Jim Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-55398522632765153042008-03-03T21:48:00.000-08:002008-03-03T21:48:00.000-08:00I'm a bit confused- about (5.) - I don't understa...I'm a bit confused- about (5.) - I don't understand your point...<BR/>let's say there is crime where a man is killed because of his race then others who share the same ethnicity are now vulnerable not just to crimes as all other civilians are but to a crimes of victimization where the person is targeted because of ethnicity - increased vulnerability, i would think...<BR/><BR/>I think I'm missing something hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-91692501704997288942008-03-03T21:41:00.000-08:002008-03-03T21:41:00.000-08:00then as bailie said...how do any of the other argu...then as bailie said...how do any of the other arguments that say we need to punish the action and not the motive work? those arguments never seem to address the point that because we already do try people based on thoughts then the real issue is whether that thought justifies the enhancements? This sounds more like a complaint sorry. The author you talk about, for example, doesn't seem to do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-85511404220095349152008-02-10T21:24:00.000-08:002008-02-10T21:24:00.000-08:00josh, I have until March 31 to finish. I'm 2/3 do...<B>josh</B>, I have until March 31 to finish. I'm 2/3 done, and I keep telling myself I can make it.<BR/><BR/><B>bailie</B>, of course there is. The real question is whether prejudice somehow makes someone <I>more</I> guilty.Jim Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-10171018655900746972008-02-10T15:25:00.000-08:002008-02-10T15:25:00.000-08:00Do you think there is a valid argument in the idea...Do you think there is a valid argument in the idea that we already try people based on their thoughts? <BR/><BR/>Pre-meditated murder i.e. thinking about killing someone before you kill them receives a harsher punishment than an action committed w/out mens rea...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-37953611600878755542008-02-10T14:15:00.000-08:002008-02-10T14:15:00.000-08:00Are you sure that you're going through the certifi...Are you sure that you're going through the certification process? You keep on "reading" and "writing" and stuff.Captain Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12873985132574157016noreply@blogger.com