Brendan O’Regan
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends the enthronement ceremony of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, 2009. Photo: CNS. Few people like to hate, those who hate probably feel justified, and few would defend it in public discourse. And yet, though I’d have no truck with hate, I’m uneasy about the idea of ‘hate crime’. Some crimes are motivated by hate, but the crime is still the crime and can be prosecuted as such.…
