Hate to say it

Michael Coren:

According to a new Toronto police report the number of hate crimes rose in the city last year by almost 18%, increasing from 130 to 153. The Jewish population was top of the list of targets with the “gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community” coming in at a respectable second place. So, at least, says the 2008 Annual Hate/Bias Crime Statistical Report. We’re told the trend is replicated across the country.

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What these so-called hate crimes really are is open to debate. That they include the ludicrous concept of “bias” says a great deal. If it’s now a felony to show bias we may all be in quite a lot of trouble, which I suspect is the intention of those people who want the state to be able to control as much individual freedom as possible.

Many of the reports involve perceived hatred and some of them are by no means conclusively accurate. In other words, the person feels they have been hurt because of their race or sexuality — and the sort of people who most complain about these things tend to be, with exceptions, people who see hatred everywhere

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