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Originally Posted by Sandy G
"It is nobody's business what I think. If I act illegally,that's another story entirely." Exactamundo ! This is a VERY bad precedent, IMHO.
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How so? How is it that you think someone is trying to control your thoughts? As I stated above, the only way someone can control your thoughts is if you let them. (IMO)
BTW, I personally think our laws/punishments are far too lenient against anyone who commits violent crime, regardless of their motive.
However, don't you think there might be a difference between a man killing another because he catches the guy humping his wife, goes berserk and a....."crime of passion" occurs, as opposed to someone deliberately seeking out someone/anyone of a different ethnicity or "group" and beating/torturing/killing them based solely on the premise of his hatred for them? (The group, not the individual.) And spending a considerable amount of time planning and executing the crime? Sorry, but I do, I think there is a big difference.
As I see it, one is a momentary impulse (Inexcusable nontheless.), the other is an act of deliberate premeditation, and there should be added consideration.
Those are my thoughts, anyhow.
Dave