Bush Expected to Veto 'Hate Crimes' Bill

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In the dog example, Bruce, would you agree that the actual "crime" here is greater than just the sum of the parts? The owner of the dog is a real victim here, but the littering/animal cruelty charges wouldn't address that.

If I trap a mouse in my basement, and it doesn't die right away, so I smash its skull with a hammer, and then I throw it into the gutter, I'm technically committing the same crimes as the dog killer. But in my opinion, they are vastly different. One is done with the goal of intimidating/terrorizing a human, and the other is not.