A few years later, Al Gore explained that hate crimes should receive special penalties, because they threaten a whole "community," not just one person. That almost clicked with me, until I remembered that someone at my low-rent, crime-ridden apartment complex had been stabbed recently, while my girlfriend and I were literally within a stone's throw, at my apartment. I guess Al doesn't understand that our "community" felt a little threatened, there, too. And race had nothing to do with it.
