I agree with you concerning bar fight vs. premeditated...because a bar fight could be considered heat of the moment and the events surrounding the fight probably wouldn't be completely clear. ..but most forms of premeditated murder etc. should be treated equally, IMHO. There will always be exceptions though. Thanks, good point.
The same sorts of things happen or are pressed to happen when some sort of "shocking" event occurs such as the murder of a homosexual in NY (I think that was the state..=P) which made big headlines within approx. the past 6 mo. There is then an outcry for anti-hate crime legislation even though there are already laws against murder, assault, etc. I wouldn't care WHY someone kills me if they do kill me. The damage remains done.
IMHO, states should be wary of creating rights of society instead of rights of the individual. The rights of the individual should be made up of basic freedoms and nothing more. Otherwise, the basic freedoms of the inividual (such as the individuals right to his/her own property, in this case probably money) will have to be compromised in order to ensure that all of society has access to a telephone, for example. bp
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I agree with you concerning bar fight vs. premeditated ...because a bar fight could be considered heat of the moment and the events surrounding the fight probably wouldn't be completely clear.
..but most forms of premeditated murder etc. should be treated equally, IMHO. There will always be exceptions though. Thanks, good point.
The same sorts of things happen or are pressed to
happen when some sort of "shocking" event occurs
such as the murder of a homosexual in NY (I think that was the state..=P) which made big headlines
within approx. the past 6 mo. There is then an
outcry for anti-hate crime legislation even though
there are already laws against murder, assault, etc. I wouldn't care WHY someone kills me if they do kill me. The damage remains done.
IMHO, states should be wary of creating rights of society instead of rights of the individual. The rights of the individual should be made up of basic freedoms and nothing more. Otherwise, the basic freedoms of the inividual (such as the individuals right to his/her own property, in this case probably money) will have to be compromised in order to ensure that all of society has access to a telephone, for example. bp