re: #159 torrentprime

Right - I mean, we have a Constitution: why did we need those civil rights laws? Isn’t everyone equal already?
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We need to remember that laws depend partially on who enforces them. Without mention of what kinds of bullying “count”, anti-gay bullying can be dismissed as acceptable or, at least, not proscribed, and those who need protection still don’t get it. Same with racial bullying, religious, etc.

correctly describing the behavior that is now forbidden is unrelated to a discussion of its motivations.

If bullying does not count in an instance, and we think it ought to, then clearly we need to improve our definition of the behavior we wish to ban.

the motivating factor is irrelevant when the behavior to be banned is aptly spelled out in the legislation, because the behavior leaves no wiggle room for discernment.

you’re solving the problem the hard way. ban the behavior and the motivation becomes impossible to factor.