"Emos" now protected by "hate crime" laws

[TitoFan]

Everyone is supposed to enjoy equal protection under the law. These kind of laws protect different classes of people more so than others.

I'm pretty sure everyone still has the same protection under the law. It is the punishment for the criminals that is different, as opposed to the protection people receive.

Is an emo's life worth a harsher punishment than a non-emo? The differences in punishment mean inequality... do you not see that? Why emos why not chavs? Everyone hates chavs, should their group not be protected?

Let's go back to an earlier post of yours, where you make the point that being an emo is a choice. Unlike being black, Vietnamese, or a Jew. If you're a member of a hate group, and go out and lynch a person because he's any of the aforementioned, IMO you deserve a worse punishment than if you murder someone under other circumstances or for other motives.

Let's go back to something similar to an earlier GB post as well. Different scenarios:

• You kill someone you found in bed with your wife.
• You kill someone who cut in front of you on the freeway.
• You kill someone because you had a fight in a bar.
• You kill someone because he's black and you're a KKK or skinhead.

IMO, murderer # 4 deserves a worse punishment than 1-3. All victims are protected by law. But motive decides the severity of the punishment.

BTW, before you complain....... if a black kills someone because he's white, and he happened to walk into a black militant neighborhood...... then he's lumped into # 4 as well.