re: #457 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What if someone “hates” a person not identified as a special protected class? It gets ignored. An assaults intent is to cause serious bodily harm. A murders intent is to take a life. Intent can be used to establish motivation for a crime, but it should not be taken into account in regards to the punishment where victim A means a a 5 year sentence and victim B means a 15 year sentence. I would say they both would deserve the most strenuous punishment.

And I simply state that the extra time is applied to help protect the group to which victim B belongs. I’m not sure what you mean by that first sentence, though. Who’s being ignored? Homosexuals weren’t protected until today. That wouldn’t have happened unless people actually gave a damn to include them.