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Muslims To Be Placed In Separate Category Of Hate Crime.
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/// The commitment to record anti-Muslim offences as a separate category of hate crime was first made in the Conservative party manifesto and is designed to reassure Muslim communities that the government’s strategy will be balanced. ///
How can this possibly be balanced when it is only two religions who get the privilege of being placed in a separate category of hate crime?
/// The commitment to record anti-Muslim offences as a separate category of hate crime was first made in the Conservative party manifesto and is designed to reassure Muslim communities that the government’s strategy will be balanced. ///
How can this possibly be balanced when it is only two religions who get the privilege of being placed in a separate category of hate crime?
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"In all important ways I am the same as you" is how I read it, RetroCop. It says more in few words about our common humanity than a thousand pages of semi-literate scrawl from the Race Relations Act.
I always conflate this passage with the equally elegant passage from Richard II:
"For you have but mistook me all this while:
I live with bread like you, feel want,
Taste grief, need friend: subjected thus,
How can you say to me, I am a king?"
I always conflate this passage with the equally elegant passage from Richard II:
"For you have but mistook me all this while:
I live with bread like you, feel want,
Taste grief, need friend: subjected thus,
How can you say to me, I am a king?"
@sp1814
//If there are 473 antisemetic crimes in the first half of this year but virtually none (well, at least I couldn't find any by searching online) - should the police be spending resources to record it? //
But virtually none what? In think the phantom word stealer (aka AB's edit window quirks) has chopped a full half sentence out of that paragraph.
This change does have a flipside. If they follow through on the stats and have to adjust the resources spent on preventative policing, then a group, currently accustomed to a lot of police protection, may find themselves more exposed than before. Assuming that this is going to be a zero-sum game, as far as funding is concerned.
Strictly speaking, if total attacks are on the increase, nationwide, then the budget had to increase, at a time when other budgets are getting slashed.
Race crime leads to either cuts in shared services or, ultimately, increases in taxation. Race hate groups cost us all money.
//If there are 473 antisemetic crimes in the first half of this year but virtually none (well, at least I couldn't find any by searching online) - should the police be spending resources to record it? //
But virtually none what? In think the phantom word stealer (aka AB's edit window quirks) has chopped a full half sentence out of that paragraph.
This change does have a flipside. If they follow through on the stats and have to adjust the resources spent on preventative policing, then a group, currently accustomed to a lot of police protection, may find themselves more exposed than before. Assuming that this is going to be a zero-sum game, as far as funding is concerned.
Strictly speaking, if total attacks are on the increase, nationwide, then the budget had to increase, at a time when other budgets are getting slashed.
Race crime leads to either cuts in shared services or, ultimately, increases in taxation. Race hate groups cost us all money.
Even after that significant speech, Shakey still has Shylock get as far as physically weighing up Antonio's breast and wielding a knife. His speech is suddenly made to look disingenuous by the fact that he is fully prepared to go through with the cutting and only a late intervention stops him.
Ultimately, Shylock is publically humiliated. Hardly a pro-semitic play, I would think.
Ultimately, Shylock is publically humiliated. Hardly a pro-semitic play, I would think.
sp1814
/// When certain groups decide to target minorities, it can lead to feelings of isolation and fear. We all know how miserable it can be for certain groups when others make them feel that they are 'available for attack'. ///
Everyone these days are 'available for attack' the elderly, the single guy when confronted by a gang of others, etc,etc. no particular group in particular should be set aside as 'special cases' except of course females, but those are covered under the sex crimes laws.
/// As a society, we are (rightly) repulsed kind of cowards who seek out other groups for abuse. ///
Can't argue with that, but that includes all groups or singles, not just certain groups.
/// If these morons want to enjoy targeting certain demographics, then it's only fair that we can enjoy them having a 20% increase in their jail term, surely? ///
All such 'Morons' should have the same punishment, not just increased because they happen to target a specific group.
/// When certain groups decide to target minorities, it can lead to feelings of isolation and fear. We all know how miserable it can be for certain groups when others make them feel that they are 'available for attack'. ///
Everyone these days are 'available for attack' the elderly, the single guy when confronted by a gang of others, etc,etc. no particular group in particular should be set aside as 'special cases' except of course females, but those are covered under the sex crimes laws.
/// As a society, we are (rightly) repulsed kind of cowards who seek out other groups for abuse. ///
Can't argue with that, but that includes all groups or singles, not just certain groups.
/// If these morons want to enjoy targeting certain demographics, then it's only fair that we can enjoy them having a 20% increase in their jail term, surely? ///
All such 'Morons' should have the same punishment, not just increased because they happen to target a specific group.
I didn't examine the GCSE bitesize rendition of treatment of Jews in Britain through history, even though it topped the results (ie it is receiving the most traffic)
Try this, instead. Jews weren't allowed back in until 1655.
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Furthermore, even in the early mediæval times before they were expelled they were not permitted to hold a wide range of common occupations. Usury was the only avenue of business left open to them. Loan interest was probably regarded as money for no visible work and thus 'evil'.
These days, merchant bankers are lionised and their bonus system justified by the likes of politicians, no less.
Try this, instead. Jews weren't allowed back in until 1655.
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Furthermore, even in the early mediæval times before they were expelled they were not permitted to hold a wide range of common occupations. Usury was the only avenue of business left open to them. Loan interest was probably regarded as money for no visible work and thus 'evil'.
These days, merchant bankers are lionised and their bonus system justified by the likes of politicians, no less.
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naomi24
Nope...doesn't work like that. It's not simply boxes ticked on forms. I won't bore you with the details, but this is what I do for a living, and implementing what you might think is simple update to a dataset is actually (and surprisingly) complex.
Which is great news for people like me, as it keeps me in employment.
Nope...doesn't work like that. It's not simply boxes ticked on forms. I won't bore you with the details, but this is what I do for a living, and implementing what you might think is simple update to a dataset is actually (and surprisingly) complex.
Which is great news for people like me, as it keeps me in employment.
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AOG
I disagree.
There are certain groups who are more likely to be attacked than others.
There is no such thing as equality when it comes to hate crimes - if you are part of a specific group, you can expect a greater risk of physical or verbal attack.
That being the case, I think it's only fair that those who enjoy attacking specific groups should face stiffer sentences.
Think of it as a kind of hate tax.
I will be honest with you - I like the idea of increased sentences for hatemongers. We always complain about inadequate sentences in the courts - surely you'd agree that anything that puts violent thugs away for longer is a good thing!
I disagree.
There are certain groups who are more likely to be attacked than others.
There is no such thing as equality when it comes to hate crimes - if you are part of a specific group, you can expect a greater risk of physical or verbal attack.
That being the case, I think it's only fair that those who enjoy attacking specific groups should face stiffer sentences.
Think of it as a kind of hate tax.
I will be honest with you - I like the idea of increased sentences for hatemongers. We always complain about inadequate sentences in the courts - surely you'd agree that anything that puts violent thugs away for longer is a good thing!
Gromit
/// It is about the recording of the crimes. And we want to be able to quickly pull out some data, so we record that data at collection. ///
/// By looking at the actual statics for that area and surrounding areas, the police can see if indeed there is indeed more attacks, and if they are at such a level to justice more police in those areas. ///
Well we all know that there is a problem with black crime, one doesn't need the police to record it, we see reported on a regular basis in our newspapers.
But what would happen if they deployed more police in these areas, seein that there is enough trouble over the stop and search methods?
/// It is about the recording of the crimes. And we want to be able to quickly pull out some data, so we record that data at collection. ///
/// By looking at the actual statics for that area and surrounding areas, the police can see if indeed there is indeed more attacks, and if they are at such a level to justice more police in those areas. ///
Well we all know that there is a problem with black crime, one doesn't need the police to record it, we see reported on a regular basis in our newspapers.
But what would happen if they deployed more police in these areas, seein that there is enough trouble over the stop and search methods?
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