[cowhead]

yeah... that works.. in my happy little world the laws are a little simpler and populous a little more free thinking and prone to work things out in their own collective heads. there's a simple matter of what's is 'right' and what is 'wrong'.. we all ought to know on a basic level what that is. killing someone is wrong.. generally.. there are reasons to do so (personally I believe in the right of vendetta.. assuming the person is wise enough or worldy enough or whatever enough to know when that ought to or can be invoked). why? do we need laws to tell people how to feel about the facts of a case? it's a basic flaw in society..? there's this fella in atlanta going to court right now.. apparently he killed some kid to get some 'street cred' got the teardrop tattoo and a tattoo of the word 'killer' on his arm.. uh? guilty? I don't know, but he'd be really hard pressed to convince me otherwise. there is no law now nor ever that can really 'protect' anyonw from a hate crime.. if someone is going to commit that crime for that sort of a reason.. they are going to. and nothing short of hell or highwater is going to stop them. anywhoo...