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I wonder if you can use entanglement to remove heat. A quantum heatsink, throw one end into interstellar space and you've got an eternal cooler. Well, within limits of the far end's ability to radiate. That would of course open the door to far more terrifying uses.
How is that an argument for hate crime laws? I mean, do they work until someone has an excuse then not work? That doesn't seem effective to me. Here's laws to protect you, but since they don't do anything, just keep your head down and you'll be fine.. sorta.
I mean, clearly they didn't prevent...
Wait, what? When did I say there was no value in prison sentences? Why do people continually tell me things I've supposedly said when I very clearly haven't?
To get back to the actual topic of hate crimes, and away from things I supposedly said/believe despite what I've actually said/believe...
Huh, well seeing as I have as yet not outlined my positions in their entirety I offer you two suggestions in their recommended order:
1) Contact James Randi about those fantastic mind reading abilities of yours. You'll be a million dollars richer and we'll have an interesting new field of...
What's the difference again? Either way someone is dead, someone, who, through no fault or action of their own is no longer alive, due to the direct actions of someone else. Why should that someone else get differing punishments based upon whether or not he had some irrational hatred? The only...
I think one of us is either confused or using a straw man argument. Point of fact given what I've said so far only those who kill in self defense get a free pass, and the bigots go to jail as normal. So I think either you're confused, or deliberately trolling.
I don't think motivation should be important. When you start that you're outlawing thoughts. I mean, if you're dead, you're fucking dead. It doesn't really matter if they plotted it for months or just shot you. The outcome is the same, so why the distinction? I really don't get it.
As for hate...
The constitution is only as useful as the judges who've actually read the damn thing. Unfortunately many either haven't, or like with religious books either claim it says something it doesn't or doesn't say something it does.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fcc-indecency-20100714,0,5995911.story
The FCC's ability to censor TV seems to be on something of a decline. Yay!
There's a lot of campaign promises Obama ignored.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-15-2010/respect-my-authoritah
As for the main topic, yes Obama is conservative, not that you'd ever get the Republicans to admit that. It's very frustrating to me, I didn't vote for W to have a third...