Phat writes:
Remember when there was that controversy over corporations being represented as people?
Nope, but they are seperate legal entities.
The same goes for this entity known as "the law". It is society literally creating a "Big Brother" personal entity and judge over everyone.
It's certainly society creating an institution that represents its interests by protecting them from both themselves and the rule of thuggery.
Which strikes me as odd that people reject the idea of a God over everyone and then go and create the same thing.
If your god was real, it might not have been necessary to create the criminal justice system, as he isn't, we have to do the best we can to protect ourselves.
I know I'm ranting and being foolish right now...but my point is that there is a difference between breaking laws regarding human rights and being charged with thinking of doing so.
There is no law preventing you thinking anything you like. The law is saying that if you do something unlawful and if that unlawful thing involes a 'hate' element, things are going to be worse for you.
Innocence until proven otherwise...rather than guilt by association (of thoughts)
There's no difficulty here, you have to have been found guilty of the crime before sentence is passed. The crime may be, say, assault. If by your language and actions it is clear that the assault has, say, a racial element by, say, shouting you 'black bastard' - or much worse - then you're going to get a tougher sentence. The reason is that we want to make a point that we live in a society that has minorities that need special protection.
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