| I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I feel that people who are so small-mindedly intolerant of people who have different beliefs or ideas or skin color that they would intentionally bring harm to them should be eliminated from society.
However, that being said, we have a long history of laws passed with good intentions having serious unintended consequences. And, too, history has repeatedly shown that any power given to the government will be abused - it's not a question of "if" but merely of "when". And finally, it would put us even further along the path to punishing "thought crimes" than we are already.
So on balance, I am against such legislation. |