More laws will not help. More laws will not solve the problem.
And what is this "hate-crime" crap? So we punish people extra hard if they are prejudice. And if I'm a victum of a crime and happen to belong to a a minority I can expect extra justice.
This doesn't sound right.
What happened to "...liberty and justice for all" ?
I got an email from a lesbian friend of mine encouraging me to join the "Human Rights Campaign" and write to my Congress because "one-in-six hate crimes are motivated by the victum's sexual orientation, and today's federal laws don't include any protections for these Americans?"
Huh?
Exactly what kind of expansion of Federal Laws does one think we need to protect these Americans?
Another friend (non-Lesbian) reponded how she took a college class and it revealed that the more emphasis placed upon specialized treatment in criminal cases to minorites (such as homosexuals), the less actual equalities tend to come forth in smaller issues (such as spousal rights among homosexuals).
Personally I don't think special protection to minorities based on sexual orientation adds anything to their dignity or equality status.
One of the biggest myths of American popular culture right now is that more laws will help.
More laws will NOT help.
In fact, there should be a law that says for every new law a politician comes up with, they have to eliminate three laws in the same category.
Today I heard that Arizona (or was it New Mexico?) wants to pass a law saying that its illegal to "speak bad" or degrade American soldiers that have been in Iraq. Apparently, some war protesters put the actual names of some soldiers on T-shirts.
Now, maybe those folks could be sued for slander or something like that. But do we need new legislation?
Maybe we should make one more law that says, "Law makers cannot make any reactionary laws." If some event like the above provokes law makers to react, they should have to wait at least one year to think it over before they can make such a new law."
So, two more laws:
1. Any new law must be accompanied by the removal of three old laws.
2. Any new law based upon a particular social event (e.g. "dog bites kid", "kid kills other kids in school","gay man gets beat up","people wear soldier names on T-shirt") must wait a year to be considered.
