We have
finally reached the last blog before my conclusion and I would like to talk
about something that has really to come my attention and needs to be said; hate
crimes. For those of you who don`t know what a hate crime is it`s a criminal
offense based on someone’s race,
national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or
physical disability or sexual orientation. It`s when someone either does
something to you or something you own because of the things listed above they
do terrible things to you because you`re different. Hate crimes almost always
involve a type of abuse whether it`s physical, verbal sexual and many other
things. These victims are being assaulted for being themselves not because they
did something bad in the past or hurt one of the assaulters. Here is a list of
things that these kinds of people can do during a hate crime:
-Violence,
threats of violence,
-Acts of
mischief or vandalism
-Distribution
of hate mail,
-Threatening
phone calls,
-Destruction
of religious property
In my
opinion hate crimes are just plain stupid. Why does it matter if someone is
catholic or any other religion it doesn`t affect you. Everyone has the same
rights as you do so if they want to be catholic or Jewish or Muslim you can`t
change that it`s their right. Unless it affects your life somehow which it
doesn`t I don`t see what the big deals is. No one is saying anything to you
about your race or religion because you have freedom of speech and the right to
live, you could be black or white or blue for all I care their skin colour
doesn`t ruin your life in any way so leave them be. This just really bothers me and I can`t believe that after all these years we haven`t gotten past prejudism and discrimination. A good example of a hate crime is Adolf Hitler. He didn`t know any of those people but he still did what he did because of their religion when really it didn`t influence his life in any negative way. I hope that one day we can finally get over this because we are all equal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=hate%20crimes
Wow, wonderful job Emma, it was very interesting i like to learn about the things you write about. In my opinion hate crimes are stupid aswell. Yes everyone does have the same equal rights and everyone should be treated with respect. i look forward to reading your next blog. keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteThank you for the wonderful feedback on my blog Mia. I`m glad you agree that we should all be treated as equals and hopefully one day we can move past these terrible judgements I hope you have learnt something in the blogs that i have written so far.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. I don't get how someone can hate another person based on things that don't effect them. Some people take advantage of freedom of speech. They use it to create hate and harm others. I just can't stand those people so I surround myself with people who are open minded. I love your blog and the way it's writen. :)
ReplyDeleteEmily, thank you your positive feedback is very encouraging and I`m glad you agree that discrimination and prejudism are wrong. I hope one day we can all get past these terrible times and learn to treat each other like the equals we are. Thank you so much for reading my blogs!
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