"Emos" now protected by "hate crime" laws

[Andre]

I am familiar with 'emus.' What is an 'emo'?

Goths, the chronically depressed art and drama students

Its different in Australia.

I know they dress all in black and are sad fuckers, but I would put Goths in a separate category than Emos.

Goths pierce, emos cut themselves.

Out here anyway Goths stand on their own, its quite a culture they have going, some make a fortune and they are not sad bastards they love life.

[Dark Lord Al]

Is an Emo the small furry things from return of the Jedi ?

[Howlin Mad Missy]

no, in Manchester they now categorising such abuse as a hate crime, same for anyone singled out for being part of a cultural sub-group.

Manchester police to record attacks on goths, emos and punks as hate crimes | UK news | The Guardian

First emo hate crime arrests in Manchester | UK news | The Guardian

And it stems from this:
The police made the decision in consultation with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, a charity named after a 20-year-old goth who died in 2007 after she and her boyfriend were attacked as they walked home through Stubbeylee Park, Bacup. Lancaster suffered severe head injuries and never regained consciousness.
Her killers were sentenced in 2008, and the judge recognised her death as a hate crime because they were targeted for being goths.

[El Kabong]

Being goth or emo is not like race, you can choose to dress and act like an asshole you can't pick your race

[superheavyrhun]

Being goth or emo is not like race, you can choose to dress and act like an asshole you can't pick your race

Just to clarify, are you saying that all goths and emos dress and act like assholes?

If I was picking my race it would be the fifty metre beer necking sprint.

[El Kabong]

Yes they dress and act like assholes. Also where's the line? When does someone start being goth or emo as opposed to just some person who is wearing black?

[Saddo]

Yes they dress and act like assholes. Also where's the line? When does someone start being goth or emo as opposed to just some person who is wearing black?

yeah that is a tricky one mate, I know some emo bashers who where out on a nights bashing and mistakenly kicked the shit of a funeral party

suprisingly some of the members here didn't see anything wrong with that

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Yes they dress and act like assholes. Also where's the line? When does someone start being goth or emo as opposed to just some person who is wearing black?

shouldn't complain lyle, it's the same law that would protect you when you sport your neckerchief, smoking jacket and monocle.

[VictorCharlie]

I've never really understood why assault, murder or rape were some how worse or deserved more punishment b/c of the who the victim was. Seems like laws put in place to create divisiveness and pander for votes.