Palin Effigy 'Not A Hate Crime' But aren't all crimes hate crimes? Come on now. Every penalty handed down for every prosecuted crime should be augmented in severity to accommodate the hateful feelings propagated on a flinching society by the criminal in the act of his crime. A criminal who commits a crime with special hatred or focused spite should be punished doubly. It is only just. And should a criminal commit his crime with a degree of sangfroid that cagily masks the inner hatred that impelled... read more
