hate crimes

"The Great Canadian Mystery: Who Suffers 71 Percent of Religious Hate Crimes and Who Is Doing It?"

By Barry Rubin

When I spoke at Canadian campuses last year I had some good experiences. But in certain universities the meetings were conducted like secret conclaves of the French Resistance during the German occupation. My hosts were clearly fearful, invitations were only issued to those they knew, and there were no signs or publicity. Yet Canada is among the world leaders in Political Correctness. In no country is there more concern that someone’s feelings will be hurt due to some kind of slur. There are even special courts where those who say or write the wrong thing–presumably against non-whites or Muslims–can be tried without too much emphasis on legal procedure.

Now the figures for “hate crimes” in Canada have been issued and guess what? Like the FBI’s statistics for the United States, the number one victims of hate crimes are…Jews. Indeed, 71 percent of the hate crimes in the religion category are against Jews. The Jewish proportion of Ontario’s population? Around 1.6 percent. That’s 71 percent of the hate crimes on a religious basis against 1 percent of the population
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Aren't all violent crimes hate crimes?

towermonkey wrote: Aren't all violent crimes hate crimes?

No.

My problem with "hate crimes" is we put the burden of trying to understand thoughts rather than actions, the law should stick to actions. Thoughts without action should not be a crime.

jmc wrote: My problem with "hate crimes" is we put the burden of trying to understand thoughts rather than actions, the law should stick to actions. Thoughts without action should not be a crime.

Concur, and in my opinion shooting me should have the same consequences as shooting a federal judge or the President.

neptunechimney wrote:

towermonkey wrote: Aren't all violent crimes hate crimes?

No.

And you know this how?

Hate crimes show the hate of those taking revenge.

Canada's hate crimes against the Jews:

Let's face it, Ontario was settled mainly by the British. The British have a history of antisemitism, so I can see how that would carry over into Canada.

At one time, Jews were not allowed to own land in Britain. There's more, but it's a start.

neptunechimney wrote:

towermonkey wrote: Aren't all violent crimes hate crimes?

No.

People generally don't get violent cuz they're feelin the love....

unless they can subsequently claim insanity.

To me, charging someone with a hate crime is akin to double jeopardy.

lol And poor Jews, they are like the rabbits of the world, everyone preys on them, white supremacists, black muslims, arab muslims, Christians, Russians, Germans, English, etc.
When they were trying to escape Nazi Germany, few countries, including the USA gave them asylum.