That's taking an absolutist view of what free society means, with an emphasis on the primacy of the individual that only Vikings recognized in their law codes. Of course Vikings had their own way of dealing with what we call hate crimes...
The United States was not established as that kind of free society. One has only to read James Madison to understand this.
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Date: 2005-09-14 12:32 am (UTC)That's taking an absolutist view of what free society means, with an emphasis on the primacy of the individual that only Vikings recognized in their law codes. Of course Vikings had their own way of dealing with what we call hate crimes...
The United States was not established as that kind of free society. One has only to read James Madison to understand this.