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Old 12-11-2007, 04:52 PM
Matt L Matt L is offline
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Originally Posted by Mistress View Post
Matt- I'm the last one to site semantics being the right-brainer that i am but it comes down to the "language." Most people understand what a "Hate crime" is and that involves someone who is a bigot and no one is using the term "biogot crime." According to the Random house dictionary- a bigot is "a person who is intolerant of any creed, belief or race that is not his or her own." Does that make sense?
I would think that most people understand this. But why then, do I hear things like, "All murders are hate crimes." This clearly isn't so.
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