@pratel 4rth grade.

I thought this was a serious proposal.

Yes it's serious

It's completely serious

Are you certain, dear

Yes

Their not going to actually change the law though.

thats a little heavy for 4th grade tho

@pratel
*they're

I mean, when I was in 4th grade we discussed whether it made sense...

I hope one day you can live down this great dishonor.

Make it heavy, and encourage kids to think the "right way"

I was going to say something about declaring war in Vietnam

but now I'm just going to say dragging the grammar nazis through the mud @Scribblehatch

😉

Dude this is serious proposal

It's not just this newspaper

How the fuck can india be this backward

You mean, they're talking about repealing an anti-lynching law?

You can just go out and hang whomever you like

Multiple newspapers, like The Hindu, and Indian express

That's...

kinda messed up.

Have you ever noticed, that the cultures are rather crazy wherever it's Too Hot or Too Cold?

I'm serious.

@pratel WHY DO YOU NEED ONE

What's the rationale, redundant?

WHEN YOU ARE LYNCHING PEOPLE

YOU ARE MURDERING THEM

Right, I guess I'm just trying to figure out what the argument is supposed to be.

Like, lynching is bad, but you wouldn't propose something like this out of thin air.

I think heating/cooling systems are going to gradually bring peace to the entire world. And again, I'm completely serious. Think of any location on earth where shit has gone completely off the rails, and then ask yourself "Is it very hot/cold there..?"

Its just a response to a controversial topic

Should you introduce legislation to stop that topic

Like come on man

It's too hot in India, right?

Sweltering?

They're implying that lynching is completely fine

That's fucked

ok so clarify this for us non subcontinet dwellers shiv

Is there a law against lynching in india currently?

@Scribblehatch

@Blackhawk342 Yes, there are murder laws

Who could have known

So wouldn't that cover lynching? lol

You don't need a law against immolation, because murder is already illegal.

EXACTLY

ITS SO STUPID

"Yeah but what about burning someone to death."
"--That's murder, m'boy."

It's like saying "let's make a law against stabbing people"

Like, come on

Nah nah nah.

Just do cool backflips.

And stick potatoes on their knives.

😎

But you know what was stupider

The context

Basically, a bunch of villagers found people giving away candy

And they spread rumours those guys were child molesters,

Oh christ.

So the villagers did the natural thing

That happened right?

I hate moral panic.

And killed them

They lynched some people from the police stations

I mean the people held in them

Yeah that too

It's so stupid man

I hate mainstream media

Oh. Yeah, that's bad.

So they're considering a lynching law I guess?

Yea, the supreme court recommended to the parliament to make anti lynching laws

Though they would be redundant

I can see the debate.

Probably because in murder, there is that one perpetuator

Ah so it would be like hate crime laws in the US

But in a lynching, theres a crowd

adding extra penalties to the crime comitted

at least thats what i assume it would be like

Which was kinda silly. A crime is a crime no matter the intent

Why does intent factor into the punishment?

Y'know what I think could solve the false rape claim problem?

@Blackhawk342 we have those too

@GingaBomber because in English Common Law intent is everything.

Murder must be premeditated for example.

The question is what is being done about the current lynchings? Are they not being prosecuted for a reason that making specific laws would change?

Premediated, but why?

@Schedrevka nope

I want to murder this guy for wht reason

Annoying voice!

I knw the difference between sudden urge, and actually planning it beforehand

Like in Hot Fuzz.

@GingaBomberto determine the degree

1st degree murder is premeditated murder

@GingaBomber It distinguishes between killing someone because you lost control of your car (accidental manslaughter) and intentionally chasing them down and killing them.

The latter is considered worse.

2nd degree is stuff like driving through people

If there were no hate crime laws all you'd need to do after killing someone is say "because I hate his race" and they'd have to let you go free, right

Or shooting someone by mistake

lol

It depends upon the state shiv