Subject: Re: YES... Texas does need hate crime legislation....

From: [email-masked] (Jeff Gaer)
Date: 15 Feb 1995 19:12:21 -0600

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Robert Johnston) writes:
|> In article <[email-masked]>, Fred McCall <[email-masked]> wrote:
|> :In <[email-masked]> [email-masked] Kevin White writes:
|> :
|> The punishment is less de facto, not de jure. This has been explained many
|> times. Try listening for once.

He has, now can you explain why if an act is already illegal in LAW ( de jure)
but not in fact, creating an additional law is going to change the fact?
If the problem is De Facto, doesn't the remedy need to be also? Otherwise
you are left with empty symbolism.

|> You support the 'former' segregation of schools and public facilities
|> that was rampant in this country?

You support busing innocent children all over the place and into
hostile environments to achieve a statistical balance? Hell
with the kids right? Sorry Wrong+Wrong != Right.

|> Took special laws to start doing something about that. It takes laws to do
|> just about anything.

No it didn't, it took the supreme court enforcing the existing laws,
the 14th ammendment in particular.

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From: [email-masked] (Deborah Kilgore)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 19:30:39

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Roy Beasley) writes:
>I think we need
>something a little more reliable than just getting everybody out to vote.

polygraph tests.

just kidding.

- deb