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While this is not the 'norm' but some other 'NON CLEAR HEADED ADULTS' have on ocassion tried to utilize the "hate crime hype" to get out of their responsibility:

Olathe Daily News {circa 1990} A couple was hit by a 'hate crime' of someone spray painting racial slurs on their house! Ya, well as it turns out the 'couple' did it to the own house in an attempt to get out of their rental agreement! But it was all over the front page of the paper, it stirred up quite a lot of 'letter to the Editors' about how middle America were just a bunch of red-neck-Card-Carrying-Members-of-the-KKK. And then when the truth finally came out it was on Page 4!

And how do I know about the 'truth' behind all of that: well it seems that the couple had applied and were hired as sister & brother for work at the City of Olathe {where I was employed} and when the story broke they were both working for the same department and that was against City policy. JEEZ...not bright, not at all. We don't need to rename any laws for the benefit of heinous crimes...we just need to tighten up the penalities for those 'heinous' acts! IMO

<blockquote data-quote="ASPCA4EVER" data-source="post: 95774" data-attributes="member: 2196">While this is not the &#039;norm&#039; but some other &#039;NON CLEAR HEADED ADULTS&#039; have on ocassion tried to utilize the &quot;hate crime hype&quot; to get out of their responsibility:Olathe Daily News {circa 1990} A couple was hit by a &#039;hate crime&#039; of someone spray painting racial slurs on their house!&nbsp; Ya, well as it turns out the &#039;couple&#039; did it to the own house in an attempt to get out of their rental agreement!&nbsp; But it was all over the front page of the paper, it stirred up quite a lot of &#039;letter to the Editors&#039; about how middle America were just a bunch of red-neck-Card-Carrying-Members-of-the-KKK.&nbsp; And then when the truth finally came out it was on Page 4!And how do I know about the &#039;truth&#039; behind all of that: well it seems that the couple had applied and were hired as sister &amp; brother for work at the City of Olathe {where I was employed} and when the story broke they were both working for the same department and that was against City policy.&nbsp; JEEZ...not bright, not at all.&nbsp; We don&#039;t need to rename any laws for the benefit of heinous crimes...we just need to tighten up the penalities for those &#039;heinous&#039; acts!&nbsp; IMO</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ASPCA4EVER, post: 95774, member: 2196"] While this is not the 'norm' but some other 'NON CLEAR HEADED ADULTS' have on ocassion tried to utilize the "hate crime hype" to get out of their responsibility: Olathe Daily News {circa 1990} A couple was hit by a 'hate crime' of someone spray painting racial slurs on their house! Ya, well as it turns out the 'couple' did it to the own house in an attempt to get out of their rental agreement! But it was all over the front page of the paper, it stirred up quite a lot of 'letter to the Editors' about how middle America were just a bunch of red-neck-Card-Carrying-Members-of-the-KKK. And then when the truth finally came out it was on Page 4! And how do I know about the 'truth' behind all of that: well it seems that the couple had applied and were hired as sister & brother for work at the City of Olathe {where I was employed} and when the story broke they were both working for the same department and that was against City policy. JEEZ...not bright, not at all. We don't need to rename any laws for the benefit of heinous crimes...we just need to tighten up the penalities for those 'heinous' acts! IMO [/QUOTE]

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