tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987981.post8950327149524394749..comments2023-09-20T08:22:20.177-04:00Comments on DTK: Why did we create "Hate Crime"?Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037439918279912195noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987981.post-81193035286095489522008-07-05T00:06:00.000-04:002008-07-05T00:06:00.000-04:00I suppose that might make sense for section 319, b...I suppose that might make sense for section 319, but only if the law didn't have an exception for "if on reasonable grounds he believed them to be true". Doesn't that just let every ignorant git get away with it anyway? You'd have to prove that the guy you're charging <I>doesn't</I> believe what he's saying.<BR/><BR/>But section 318 specifically refers to "inciting genocide". Was it really legal in Canada to incite genocide?<BR/><BR/>I'm not really arguing that we don't need laws like this. If we really had gaps in our legal system that allowed the advocacy of genocide, we certainly needed to plug those holes. But why plug them with a colander?Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037439918279912195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29987981.post-21949999232802130222008-07-04T16:34:00.000-04:002008-07-04T16:34:00.000-04:00When someone kills or assaults a person based on t...When someone kills or assaults a person based on their membership in a given racial or religious group, their actions also have the effect of threatening and intimidating the entire group in question. Hence stiffer punishment for such crimes.<BR/><BR/>Likewise, there are plenty of ways a racist can incite harassment and violence against vunerable groups without advocating specific actions. For instance, if one claims members of a given race carry a horrible disease or are somehow a danger to society it's reasonable to expect that those claims could result in some people treating members of that race in a discriminatory or unlawful manner. Hence laws that make it illegal to say or publish statment "likely to expose a person or a class of persons to hatred or contempt."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com