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Originally Posted by percy
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?
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In the example he used, he said it was used for intimidation.
Yes, there are people who may not understand the significance and meanings that have been placed on the swastika and other signs and symbols.
With those teens.... we as a society must make sure they understand the meaning behind those symbols now and educate them on how wrong and truly hurtful those signs are to others.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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