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...Another argument against hate-crimes legislation is that it would allow prosecutions based on the motivation for a crime, which some argue should not be a consideration. Opponents of the legislation argue that all crimes should be prosecuted equally, regardless of motivation. Yet, our criminal justice system already prosecutes the same crime differently based on different circumstances. For example, the difference between first-degree murder and second-degree murder is based on the planning involved in the crime. Our society believes murders that involve prior planning deserve to be more severely punished than spontaneous killings. Accordingly, a first-degree murder...

Author: By Geoffrey F. Reed, | Title: The Reality of Hate Crimes | 3/2/2001 | See Source »

...students, the security argument provides a band-aid of respectability for their true aim--gaining the ability for any student to visit any other student, no matter the hour...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, | Title: The Real Keycard Debate | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

Supporters of UKA argue that a student who feels uncomfortable in the dead of night should rest easy knowing the doors of any of Harvard's 12 Houses will click open for them. This "safe space" argument is hard for Masters and administrators (who have for years blocked UKA in the name of security) to counter. They have to admit that students know a little more than they about how it feels to wander the streets of Cambridge...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, | Title: The Real Keycard Debate | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...students' security argument is a good one, in theory. But in reality, the ability to get into a House in the dead of night (or, on the other hand, the inability to do so) has not once been linked to the outcome of an on-campus crime situation. Blue-light phones, accessible to all, dot the campus, providing a potentially nervous student a quick hotline to safety no matter the green light-red light status of the nearest House...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, | Title: The Real Keycard Debate | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...course, I have no proof that Masters think this way. The problem with an argument in which both sides talk about something other than what they really believe is that it's hard to know what they really believe...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, | Title: The Real Keycard Debate | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

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