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...and spray-painting swastikas on Jewish tombstones is a hate crime.... verbally attacking lesbians on the basis of their identity is a hate crime... Not only do they affect the victims, the emotional effect they have on their particular communities runs deep.
Hate crime legislation a slippery slope? The quicker the slide, the better.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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