I did read what you wrote Joe but I think we are talking about different things, perhaps I haven't explained myself very well.
I appreciate the principle of hate crime law and the murder or ill treatment of, for example, homosexuals or blacks, just because of their colour or sexual behaviour should be very harshly judged.
Saying that judgement should be less harsh if the victim is white or hetero sexual would seem to go against everything you, Lox, or Richard have said regarding human rights.

My point about the group who are terrorising the addicts and homeless young people in the small town near where I live, is that they are using legislation designed to protect their group from victimisation, to harass, victimise and terrorise another group who have no protection in law what so ever.
Something stinks in our civil rights legislation.