RE: The problem with "Hate crimes".
February 11, 2022 at 8:32 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2022 at 8:32 pm by Disagreeable.)
(February 11, 2022 at 8:38 am)onlinebiker Wrote: What if you hate the guy - but don' t sodomize him. Why isn' t that thought still a crime?
Because that would be a thought crime which is stupid.
Sometimes 'the whole is more than the sum of its parts', for lack of a better phrasing of the premise I'm applying.
The point is that the thought behind a crime is an indication of motive. And the motive for an action is relevant to law. Thinking without acting isn't relevant to law.
Schopenhauer Wrote:The intellect has become free, and in this state it does not even know or understand any other interest than that of truth.
Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
