You may have seen the link to an online petition [ http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/goth-hatecrimes/ ] to make attacks on people because of their appearance (or "subculture*) a crime. I can understand the reasoning behind this, I think. In the past I have been attacked because I was "a goth". No other reason, just that. So, the idea of making it more than just a "crime against the person" would seem ...

In the wake of Al gore "winning" the nobel prize for peace take this into consideration

.... On June 7, 1998, in Texas, my father was killed. He was beaten, chained and dragged three miles to his death, all because he was black. So when Gov. George W. Bush refused to support hatecrimes legislation, it was like my father was killed all over again. Call George W Bush and tell him to support hate-crimes legislation. We won't get dragged away from our future." In case anybody doesn't get ...

Change the law An online petition has just been posted to try to amend the current wording of the way in which a case is judged to be a hate crime . At present the wording is a little vague and someone has decided this needs changing and put the petition online here I'd appeal to all of you reading this that are based in the UK to sign it, you may be thinking that things like this don'...

Hate Crimes (con't)

Here are some links for more information and ways to help: - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hatecrime s.html - http://www.civilrights.org/issues/hate/ - http://www.hatecrime.org/index.html - a lot of broken links but still worth the look I also love how the Jesus Crispies are all panty-wadded because they're worried passing a hate crime bill to protect sexual orientation will ...