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Originally Posted by floatingslowly
this can apply to almost any law though.
"hate crime laws" were put into place so that inviduals who were obviously committing a crime that WAS more severe (due to the actions and reasoning behind it), could be adequately prosecuted as such.
(non-violent) example:
Tagger_X spray paints "Tagger_X wuz here" on the side of a convenience store.
Hitlers 'lil Helper paints "ALL JEWZ MUSST DIE!" on the side of a synagogue.
one is obviously worse than the other, yet previously, both would be simply vandalism. they ARE NOT the same crime, yet no law existed that defined them as different (mostly because nobody gave a fuck what people thought of "jews and niggers", and STILL DON'T care about "gays and women").
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The crime taking place in the example you give here would be one of criminal damage in the UK
Once guilt had been established in court you could fine Tagger_X for being a self publicity seeking asshole and jail Hitlers lil helper for being a hate mongering bigot
So tell me wtf you need two separate laws to deal with what can already adequately be dealt with in sentencing under one?