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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:15 PM
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2. This is happening at AMHERST?
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  -Gay college students threatened, spit at: Police say NO TOLERANCE for hate crime violations Bluebear  Nov-14-07 10:07 PM   #0 
  - I don't like hate crime laws...  Blashyrkh   Nov-14-07 10:12 PM   #1 
  - I'm grateful for hate crimes laws.  Bluebear   Nov-14-07 10:46 PM   #5 
  - I understand them, but I don't agree with legislation that presumes a point of view.  Blashyrkh   Nov-14-07 11:58 PM   #8 
     - Did you bash the black man because he slept with your wife? Or because he was black?  Bluebear   Nov-15-07 01:58 AM   #9 
        - Exactly. The law presumes my motivation. I believe that's wrong.  Blashyrkh   Nov-15-07 05:05 PM   #16 
           - is presuming motivation always wrong?  orangepeel68   Nov-15-07 05:10 PM   #17 
              - Not always, but presuming anything is dangerous.  Blashyrkh   Nov-15-07 05:28 PM   #18 
  - I'd support that idea.  Elrond Hubbard   Nov-14-07 10:56 PM   #7 
  - This is happening at AMHERST?  sfexpat2000   Nov-14-07 10:15 PM   #2 
  - these things can happen anywhere  dwickham   Nov-14-07 10:42 PM   #4 
  - It is very sad. I was just thinking that Amherst has such a history  sfexpat2000   Nov-15-07 12:36 PM   #13 
  - That's what I was thinking!  kimmylavin   Nov-15-07 02:16 AM   #10 
     - 'now that our leaders publicly advocate hatred'  Bluebear   Nov-15-07 02:17 AM   #11 
     - . . .  sfexpat2000   Nov-15-07 01:27 PM   #15 
     - Before I did Shakespeare, I did Dickinson.  sfexpat2000   Nov-15-07 01:25 PM   #14 
  - Whenever I read about homophobic, racist or xenophobic incidents on a college campus....  marmar   Nov-14-07 10:20 PM   #3 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Nov-14-07 10:50 PM   #6 
  - and to think -- it's 2007.  xchrom   Nov-15-07 06:04 AM   #12 
 

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