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Originally Posted by cracher
I like Sliver's position. Degrees of tragedy puts you into the questionable position of assigning value to life. With the exception of maybe the criterion of age, this gets sketchy.
The hateful murderous intent, to me anyways, is a separate entity from the tragedy itself.
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It's not about degrees of tragedy. It's two separate crimes. This is why most countries enact laws against terrorism, hate crimes, hate speech, etc.. and make the punishments worse for these crimes than the acts themselves.
Motivation is extremely important, when putting any crime in context. As is the effect on the victims. In this case all Christians in Sri Lanka are victims. The community as a whole has been victimized.