At 8:28pm -0800 12/7/00, Samantha Atkins wrote:
>"Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
>>
>> Jason Joel Thompson wrote:
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
>> >
>> > > Working in Vermont as I do, with
>> > > the current Civil Union controversy raging, it has turned out that all
>> > > of the overt 'hate' crimes committed here since the 'Take Back Vermont'
>> > > grassroots campaign began were actually committed by gays trying to gain
>> > > sympathy.
> > >
Sorry, Mike, but this claim is so outrageous that I can't believe you
fell for it. Any claim that starts with "All..." is suspect. Any
single contrary example is enough to disprove it. A quick search
engine check would show you how bogus this one is.
<http://www.nh.com/newsstand/2000feb/000228_hatecrime.htm> shows a
recent hate crime against a gay student that was not committed by
gays trying to gain sympathy.
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/268/region/Possible_hate_crime_investigat:.shtml>
shows a recent hate crime in Vermont that did not involve gays.
<http://www.mountainpridemedia.org/jan99/hatecrime.htm> states that
there were 48 hate crimes reported in Vermont last year. Half of
these were against blacks (and not gays).
There are plenty of other news reports of other hate crimes available
on-line. I can't imagine that anyone could believe that all hate
crimes in Vermont have suddenly ceased, only to be replaced by gay
frauds. It just sounds so unbelievable.
-- Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
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