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What makes you think the Faroe islands don't have laws against violent crime? Why should they have special laws against violent crime directed at homosexuals? Why would those laws deter violent criminals more than the existing laws?

Mrs VS

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I'm sure they do have laws against violent crime and that's exactly my point. Why do you need special laws to protect any individual group? As George W. Bush put it in 2000, the murderers of James Byrd, Jr. in Texas got the death penalty, which makes any special hate crime punishment pretty pointless. Make the punishment strong enough to prevent people from beating up other people regardless of the reason rather than passing a million special interest special punishments.