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Originally Posted by pan6467
No, they shouldn't be the same. Guy B should be more heavily punished.
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Disagree. It all depends on who is doing the damage. If a random person spray paints a happy face on a subway and a neo-nazi sprays a swastiki on a synogogue, then yes, the neo-nazi will be punished more.
But if a random person sprays messages threatening everyone on a subway with death and someone spray paints swastikis on a synogogue because they may think it's cool, unaware of the history, then no, the person threatening the general public will be in deeper shit.
A few teenagers sprayed swastikis on buildings in my city last year and it was not deemed a hate crime because it was shown these kids didn't understand the significance of their actions. Of course the Jewish community was upset, but how do you charge someone with hatred when they don't understand what and why they are doing it in the first place?