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...prosecute hate crimes sounds like a good idea, unless you are (as I am) opposed to the whole enterprise of criminalizing people's thoughts. Others have made this argument at greater length (here's one example), but in reading about the King tragedy I was reminded of Robert Kolker's fascinating New York magazine piece last fall about the case of Anthony Fortunato, who was sentenced to seven to 21 years in prison for his role in the death of Michael Sandy, a 29-year-old gay New Yorker. Fortunato and three friends lured Sandy from a gay chatroom...
...court a wrinkle emerged: he said he is bisexual and had visited gay chatrooms for sex many times. As a bisexual who had regular sex with men, did Fortunato really hate gay men? So much so that he would target one for robbery and beating? Possibly. As Kolker wrote, "Lots of gay hate crimes are committed by confused, self-loathing gay people." Or was it more likely that Fortunato picked Sandy for robbery merely because he knew a convenient place on the internet where he could find guys with pot and a willingness to meet a stranger...
...Dybul says it's the program's critics who are politicizing the issue because they are pushing a "condoms-only" agenda. To advocate a condoms-only approach, he says, "is really colonialistic and paternalistic." The U.S. is the biggest single donor for aids prevention in Uganda, and Ambassador Jimmy Kolker points out that U.S. funding for aids prevention has more than tripled in the past two years, from $45 million annually to $140 million. While pepfar stipulates that money for condoms should target only high-risk groups such as prostitutes and soldiers rather than the general population, "the truth...
...Brentwood Bay, B.C. David Calder, Victoria, B.C. Karen Clark, Delta, B.C. Jacqui Cook, Burlington, Ont. Anna-Marie DeZwager, Victoria, B.C. Scott Frandsen, Kelowna, B.C. Kyle Hamilton, Richmond, B.C. Gavin Hassett, Victoria, B.C. Tom Herschmiller, Comox, B.C. Andrew Hoskins, Edmonton Christopher Jarvis, St. Catharines, Ont. Mara Jones, Aurora, Ont. Sabrina Kolker, West Vancouver Adam Kreek, London, Ont. Kevin Light, Sidney, B.C. Jonathan Mandick, Edmonton, Alta. Darcy Marquardt, Richmond, B.C. Roslyn McLeod, Burlington, Ont. Fiona Milne, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Andreanne Morin, Montreal Sarah Pape, Toronto Jeffrey Powell, Winnipeg, Man. Brian Price, Belleville, Ont. Benjamin Rutledge, Cranbrook, B.C. Joseph Stankevicius, Dundas...
...FIRM: Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker...