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Originally Posted by valo403
Your injuries don't factor into it, this isn't about compensating the victim, it's about targeting activities that are intended to terrorize and intimidate particular groups in a community. Random crimes happen, that's just the way it is, but when you have groups targeting specific people the impact is much greater.
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I was referencing my injuries to show the two situations were identical except for the basis on which I was chosen by the perpetrators to be one of their victims.
But neither of my instances were random crimes. Both were groups targeting people for the purpose of doing harm. In one of them the method of choosing was either random, or for all we know it was based on my height, weight, attire, favorite sports team. Yet that instance will warrant "regular" laws apply to the perpetrators. In the other situation I was chosen based on sexual orientation.
The point is, why does it matter why the person was chosen? Is the severity of the crime itself not the same? We hear all the time on the news "gay/black/jew/whatever beaten senselessly in an attack last night in the city's NE. Police are investigating if the crime was motivated by sexual orientation/race/religion". Who cares? A guy just got beaten to within an inch of his life and all we're worried about is whether or not it was classifies as a hate crime?