Re: holocaust, what holocaust?
Andy,
Nice quote; lately I've been reading, for some strange reason, the selected essays of Carl Sauer, and enjoying how a geographer looks at civilization. Over the semester break, I also read Lies My Teacher Told Me, which looks at how *we* were taught history.
I'm not sure, though, if thoughts are being punished in the prosecution of hate crimes. What is the difference between looking at the motivation for a hate crime and looking at the motivation for killing someone and distinguishing among manslaughter, 1st, and 2nd degree murder. I might wish to kill you right now, but if I utter that *thought*--"I'm going to kill you"--I have committed a crime. Again, I'm trying to grapple with the distinction.
John
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